Clearing
How pre-trade IM calculation can optimise and reduce collateral drag
With firms under pressure to make their systems compliant with uncleared margin rules (UMR), the increase in margin requirements has put further strain on the availability of high-quality liquid assets. Mohit Gupta, senior product specialist at Cassini…
Clearing experts fear tough EC stance on Emir 2.2
Industry disappointed final Esma advice did little to dial back on burdensome equivalence rules
Big US banks cut OTC notionals by $10trn in Q3
Cleared notionals made up 54% of aggregate total notionals outstanding
Clearing house innovation of the year: Ice Clear Credit
Risk Awards 2020: Clearing house lures fund business with efficient new Monte Carlo methodology
JSCC issued ¥486bn VM call in Q3
Estimated largest payment obligation sized at ¥620 billion
JSCC had a top margin breach of ¥114m in Q3
Three backtesting exceptions disclosed for 12-month period to end-September
Clearing house of the year: LCH
Risk Awards 2020: CCP conquers Brexit threat to deliver banner year for RFRs, margin and forex
CCPs, margin ease and equity option freeze
The week on Risk.net, November 23–29, 2019
Clearing house power-downs raise fears among members
Banks question CCP resilience to system outages, as debate swirls over non-default losses
Lifetime achievement: Benoît Coeuré
Risk Awards 2020: The departing ECB executive has helped transform eurozone financial markets
Fintech start-up of the year: Baton Systems
Risk Awards 2020: With four million FX trades since launch, the “institutional PayPal” now aims to free trapped margin
Exchange of the year: Eurex
Risk Awards 2020: Success of futurisation project powers bourse to global top spot
Competitive differentiation – Reaping the benefits of XVA centralisation
A forum of industry leaders discusses the latest developments in XVA and the strategic, operational and technological challenges of derivatives valuation in today’s environment, including the key considerations for banks looking to move to a standardised…
JP Morgan turns to start-up to manage CME margin
Bank also weighing whether to bring its business at two other clearing houses on to Baton platform
SEC revisits security-based swaps proposal
Sefs expect new trading rules for single-name CDS to be published “pretty soon”
CCP defaults, Pillar 2 charges and robo-raters
The week on Risk.net, November 9–15, 2019
Opening the buy-side liquidity pool
Vikash Rughani, business manager at triReduce and triBalance, outlines a new approach enabling buy- and sell-side participants to optimise the transition of legacy Libor over-the-counter swaps contracts to alternative reference rates
Ice adds insurance to default waterfall
Protection promises partial recovery of guarantee funds at three CCPs
Swaps data: CCPs – a systemically important market infrastructure
Disclosures show heavy concentration of initial margin in top three clearing services, writes Amir Khwaja
Morgan Stanley’s swaps clearing unit boosts client margin by $4.8bn
In total, FCMs see required client margin increase 18% quarter on quarter
Prime services – It’s about what you bring
There are many benefits to integration – particularly when it comes to the provision of prime services. Societe Generale has followed this path, which has allowed it to improve cost efficiency and improve the range of products it can offer. The bank has…
Plumbing problems in the repo market
On September 17, three banks may have sucked up nearly a quarter of money market fund cash
Banks warn of trader crunch at CCP default auctions
Risk USA: dealers hope for more cross-CCP fire drills