Compression
Initial margin – A regulatory bottleneck
With the recent announcement of an extended preparation period for those smaller entities needing to post initial margin under the uncleared margin rules, the new timetable could cause a bottleneck for firms busy repapering derivatives contracts linked…
Big US banks cut OTC notionals by $10trn in Q3
Cleared notionals made up 54% of aggregate total notionals outstanding
OTC trading platform of the year: Tradeweb
Risk Awards 2020: To keep volumes growing, platform had to confront “incumbent’s dilemma”
Foreign exchange prime broker of the year: HSBC
Risk Awards 2020: UK bank manages risk in real time, while building tool to cut exposures up to 80%
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…
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
OTC derivatives amounts surge 18% in H1 2019
Interest rate products alone see notionals increase to $523.9 trillion
Libor transition and implementation – Covering all bases
Sponsored Q&A
Derivatives exchange of the year: SGX
Asia Risk Awards 2019
Cleared swaps surge $6.6trn at US G-Sibs in Q2
Cleared swaps accounted for 54% of G-Sib notionals in Q2
trueEX to shut swaps trading platform
Would-be disruptor will exit business on July 19, leaving swaps market in hands of incumbents
One size does not fit all – Adapting to meet investment goals
Guillaume Arnaud, global head of quantitative investment strategies (QIS), and Sandrine Ungari, head of cross-asset quantitative research at Societe Generale, explore the benefits of QIS for investors, why flexibility is crucial for investors to meet…
Capitalab completes first compression run with SGX
Compression efficiency in SGX Nikkei 225 options could be as high as 50%, Capitalab says
CFTC frees amended legacy swaps from margin net
US no-action relief for compression-triggered replacement trades spurs hope for EU alignment
CDS sold by US banks down $55bn in Q1
JP Morgan cut CDS notionals the most, shedding $36.8 billion from its portfolio
LCH basis swap templates may aid Libor conversion
Compression providers say new templates will make risk replacement trades more efficient
OTC derivatives amounts sank in H2 2018
Fair values down 6% over second half of 2018, 72% from peak
Cleared swaps surged among US banks in 2018
Cleared swaps accounted for 49% of notionals at end-2018
US banks boost sales of CDS, reversing two-year trend
BofA Securities increased CDS notionals the most, adding $30.3 billion to its portfolio
Morgan Stanley derivatives exposures grow
Bank reports first increase in derivatives exposures since Q2 2017
Blazing new analytical paths: Tackling data aggregation for new risk insights
As the risk function’s influence continues to grow within financial services firms, demand for quality integrated risk data to support a wider range of business-critical decisions is stretching the capabilities of existing technology to breaking point. A…
SwapClear compressed notional leaps 27% in 2018
$774 trillion of notionals compressed, up from $609 trillion in 2017
LCH shakes up compression vendor fee structure
Proposals follow criticism that current regime favours top provider TriOptima