Credit derivatives
Hedge funds cut CDS positions as basis trades diminish
Net long CDS positions fell by $117 billion from mid-2014 to end-2017
CDS market structure transformed – BIS
Inter-dealer trades have retreated as CCP dominance grows
UK derivatives market continues to shrink
Gross market values lowest since December 2007
CFTC probed CDS market under last enforcement head
Goelman compares manufactured payouts to match-fixing, and says CFTC has jurisdiction to bring case
Fixing CDSs: lots of patches, no magic wand
Isda response to Hovnanian controversy could open new loopholes, traders warn
MUFG launches CDS franchise in US with bet on volatility
Clearing helps Japanese bank branch out into US single names
Blackstone-Hovnanian CDS deal revives credit rules debate
Rumoured triggering-for-financing arrangement sparks calls for more legal protection for sellers
EU-US swaps trading equivalence tipped for November
Hong Kong and Singapore unlikely to be deemed equivalent for start of Mifid II
EU trading obligation threatens packaged trades
Banks warn they will have to break up packages and face higher costs for hedging
Day of the Mifids: what happens on January 3?
Continued ambiguities in the rules could hit European market liquidity at the start of 2018
Monthly swaps data review: credit volumes peak in June
Global cleared credit derivatives volumes reached $1 trillion before ebbing in July
Tradeweb’s Mifid bilateral trading plans draw fire
New process will class privately executed trades as on-venue to satisfy trading obligation
Banks tap equities and FX staff for fixed-income fizz
BAML, HSBC, RBC, StanChart among banks transferring e-trading know-how
Buy side fuels boom in single-name CDS clearing
Ice single-name CDS volumes double year on year following switch to semi-annual rolls
Ice to clear single-name bank CDSs from April 10
US participants will be able to start clearing CDSs referencing Ice clearing members
iHeart CDS saga sparks debate over credit rules
Trigger decision highlights product's weaknesses, warns Milbank’s Williams
CLO investors fret as rate hikes loom
Rising default rates could trigger a stampede out of the market
Silent running: on the trail of the SEC’s missing CDS rules
The mysterious fate of the apocryphal 2013 clearing proposal, and what comes next
Buy side must clear hurdles to revive CDS liquidity
Some firms forced to watch from sidelines as voluntary clearing of single-name CDSs takes off
Credit derivatives house of the year: Citi
Risk Awards 2017: US bank racks up $500 billion in book deals, $9 billion in CDS basis trades
LCH to clear single-name CDSs for US clients
Paris-based CDSClear already in discussions to onboard its first US FCM
Mifir transparency rules could capture illiquid packages
Criteria to assess which package transactions are liquid are too broad, industry warns
CFTC looks to strengthen oversight of trading obligation
Chief counsel at CFTC highlights weaknesses of bottom-up approach to MAT determinations
Market expects Holdco CDS switch for iTraxx index
TLAC-driven issuance changes likely to see UK and Swiss holding company CDSs included in iTraxx Financials