Derivatives
How banks can keep pace with XVA
The complexity of derivatives pricing has grown significantly in the past decade, with banks having to factor in a series of valuation adjustments to calculate the impact on their balance sheets. With budgets and resources under pressure, and traditional…
Credit Suisse makes double hire for Asia solutions
Equity structurer Charles Firth rejoins, along with ex-StanChart and Goldman salesman Martin Cher
UK pension funds may have to clear, post-Brexit
Delays to Emir review raise fears that UK schemes may lose exemption
Banks warned on holes in EU’s proposed Brexit relief
Potential EC, French and German no-deal relief is expected to be short-lived and incomplete
CME abandons buy-side direct clearing initiative
CCP shutters plan after feedback from regulators and market participants
Two banks begin moving swaps out of London, pre-Brexit
Part VII transfers underway as Barclays, UBS seek ‘big bang’ trade moves; clients warned of legal, regulatory questions
Currency derivatives house of year: BNP Paribas
Risk Awards 2019: French bank hits options windfall in Turkey during currency crash
Energy Risk Asia Awards 2018: The winners
BNP Paribas takes Derivatives house, BP wins Oil & products and BOCI and Engie scoop two awards each
Goldman's OTC client margin jumps
FCM client funds increase 36% year-on-year – the fastest growth among leading US clearers
Costs deter clearing clients from using back-up dealers
End-users say using more than one clearing broker doesn't make economic sense
Deutsche largest derivatives bank in 2017
German dealer accounted for 8% of total notionals across 75 largest banks
Derivatives exposures at US G-Sibs on the wane
Bank of America cuts $15 billion in third quarter, the most of the big eight firms
Choosing the right model for non-cleared OTC margining
When the final phase of the swaps market’s new margining regime takes effect in 2020, hundreds – possibly thousands – of buy-side firms will be hit by complex margin requirements.
How to apply Python to complex financial markets
The unprecedented proliferation of data in derivatives markets has led to a rise in popularity of Python, a multipurpose programming language known for its versatility and flexibility. Undoubtedly, the increased adoption of Python has helped enable…
Esma’s Brexit novation relief falls short
Proposed clearing reprieve too narrow to alleviate burden of mass swaps migration
Asian exotics desks need to slash risk
Time for structured products desks to curb their appetite for risk
CFTC finds harmony harder than it sounds
James Schwartz and Chrys Carey, of counsels at Morrison & Foerster, explore the impact of a recent Commodity Futures Trading Commission white paper – including how its author’s suggestions would affect cross-jurisdictional application of its regulations …
JP Morgan slashes UK exposures ahead of Brexit
Derivatives and securities exposures halved since June 2016
Rate rises, structural reforms transforming swaps market – BIS
Interest rate derivatives notionals up 13% in first half of 2018, but values collapse 12%
The traditional buy versus build trade‑off
Firms undecided between buying from a vendor or building bespoke software can look to Beacon, whose ‘buy-and-build on-top-of’ offering combines the best of both options, writes Alex Sayle, global head of platform engineering at Beacon Platform
European ETDs make scattershot progress in 2017
Almost half of equity derivative notionals executed on exchange
The initial margin challenge – Why the bang just got bigger
With uncertainty abounding as the industry heads into the final phases of implementation of the uncleared margin rules (UMR), Jean‑Paul Botha, delivery lead of financial trade documentation at Thomson Reuters Legal Managed Services, explores the…
EU derivatives market adds €55 trillion in 2017
Interest rate products account for 69% of gross notionals