Counterparty credit risk
Basel counterparty risk charge to be reworked
Several aspects of Basel counterparty risk charge up for revision, including calibration and index hedges
LCH.Clearnet may offer 'lite' membership to sovereigns
Clearer's plans to create a special membership category for central banks and other sovereigns could undermine CCPs' risk-mutualisation model, rivals claim
Two curves, one price
The financial crisis has multiplied the yield curves used to price plain vanilla interest rate derivatives, making classic single-curve no-arbitrage relations and pricing formulas no longer valid. Marco Bianchetti shows that no-arbitrage can be recovered…
Portuguese debt office agrees to post collateral to its dealers
Agency becomes one of first developed-market sovereigns to succumb to dealer pressure as costs of one-way collateral postings grow
Key Basel III decisions due as oversight board gathers
Governors and heads of supervision will review recommendations brought forward from July 14-15 Basel Committee meeting
CFTC rules increase credit risk
Proposed rules to limit leverage on margin FX trading accounts at retail forex brokers will have the unintended consequence of increasing counterparty risk, according to Josh Levy, managing director at Tactical Asset Management.
Enforce clearing, catapult FX into the big league, say FX Week USA panellists
Foreign exchange is held back from fulfilling its potential as an asset class because of counterparty risk issues, said panellists.
Quant Congress USA: Ban DVA, counterparty risk quant says
Banks should not book paper profits as their own debt quality worsens, the Risk conference heard yesterday
ETFs: simple, or simply confusing?
Exchange-traded funds first appeared 20 years ago as transparent, easy to understand alternatives to actively managed funds. But as they have developed some of this transparency and simplicity has been lost. The first Structured Products ETF survey asks…
NY Fed attacks article on AIG debacle
New York Fed general counsel Thomas Baxter takes issue with New York Times article which says Fed ignored advice from advisers on AIG counterparty CDS issue
Index hedges may be allowed in Basel CVA charge
Basel Committee modelling group chair suggests index hedges and double counting could be fixed in proposed CVA charge.
DTCC acquisition of Avox to result in ‘wider range of ref data’
DTCC has acquired Avox in a move set to result in a broad reference data platform
Experts examine US power clearing and netting needs
As the US Congress moves to boost derivatives clearing requirements, an industry panel has called for regulators to investigate a move towards clearing and netting across US power markets and to clarify the legal uncertainty in the area
Industry urged to stop fighting Basel III and negotiate transition period
Banks should focus on the timeline for implementation and stop resisting the Basel reform package itself, say regulators
Contagion fears drive volatility
The takeover of a Spanish savings bank last month and rumours of funding difficulties at the country's financial institutions spook investors
Risk institutional investor rankings 2010
The resurgence of market volatility and growing regulatory uncertainty have made the past 12 months challenging for investors. In this difficult environment, respondents to Risk’s institutional investor survey voted JP Morgan the top provider of…
When market and credit risk collide
The financial crisis highlighted that interactions between market risk and credit risk could expose banks to greater risks than had been assumed. Banks are responding by altering their structure and the models they use – but it is by no means an easy…
Slow ahead for euro rates business
Investors have grown increasingly worried about exposures to eurozone sovereigns given the problems faced by Greece and others. Christophe Mianné, head of global markets at SG CIB, warns the second quarter will prove to be tough for the European rates…
Moody’s widens op risk definition for securitisation
Ratings agency breaks down boundaries of counterparty, credit and liquidity risk
Korean risk premiums exceed Thailand, ‘raised long term'
Tensions on the Korean peninsula mean CDS prices are likely to stay high for some time, analysts say
US investors still sensitive to counterparty risk
Counterparty risk remains a dominant theme for US investors, who are keen to analyse issuer credit ratings and credit default swap levels before buying a structured product. Richard Jory asks senior US industry figures how attitudes to counterparty…
Sovereign CDSs cause systemic concern
Increased protection selling on sovereigns raises fears about systemic risk
Energy Risk: What's coming next?
Energy Risk brings you a snapshot of what's moving and shaking the markets with a special look at energy credit.