Funding
Five Korean banks set records for non-operational deposit outflows in LCR
Wholesale funding and money market deposits rise as retail deposit flows slide
The ECB’s geopolitical stress test needs a price
Only a market can say how much it should cost to insure against losses from a geopolitical risk event, and none exists, argues academic
AmEx debuts with second-lowest unadjusted NSFR
Category II transition will likely reduce funding cushion from 2027
Top US banks’ secured funding outflows grow to record $1.6trn
Stressed cash outflows hit new highs at all eight G-Sibs in Q2
Perps extend the menu to tempt TradFi diners
Expiry-less futures are spreading from bitcoin into gold, equities and FX. Institutions are watching, not buying
Perpetual futures: when expiry disappears, governance is key
Perps solve the futures roll problem, but run market-structure and regulatory risks, warns Vishal Gupta
Treasury mulls investing cash in repo. Experts aren’t convinced.
Putting idle cash to work would earn paltry returns and perhaps depress private lending activity, say sceptics
MMF repo with US financials hits high in April
Volumes approach $1trn, with US financials’ repo activity overtaking non-US for first time
AmEx posts highest LCR among US banks on return to disclosure
Retail and contractual flows dominate 30-day stress scenario
Hedge fund financing hits record $8 trillion despite year-end pullback
Surge in longer-dated funding offsets seasonal drop in overnight borrowing
JP Morgan repo reliance hits 15-year high after Q1 surge
Fed funds and repo liabilities climb 62% to $717 billion
Why Trump’s latest Truth should make TradFi twitchy
Wall Street is becoming the villain in US president’s crypto movie
Stressed liquidity flows swell at Canadian banks
Derivative and repo activity push up LCR cash flows at RBC, TD and Scotiabank
Repo market exposed to $100 billion-plus cyber tail risk, OFR warns
Concentration and time-of-day vulnerabilities amplify impact of extreme outcomes
Korean banks pivot to CDs as core deposit growth stalls
Marketable funding jumps 38% in Q4, reaching a four-year high
Regionals tap FHLB advances as Fed eases liquidity stance
Borrowing rose in the fourth quarter of last year, despite regulatory push on discount window
Fed fractures post-SVB consensus on emergency liquidity
New supervisory principles support FHLB funding over discount window preparedness
Banks hold 73% of liquidity buffer in cash and Level 1 assets, on average
Largest lenders hold highest share of central bank reserves in buffer, latest analysis shows
Allocating financing costs: centralised vs decentralised treasury
Centralisation can boost efficiency when coupled with an effective pricing and attribution framework
One in five banks targets a 30-day liquidity survival horizon
ALM Benchmarking research finds wide divergence in liquidity risk appetites, even among large lenders
Bank ALM tech still dominated by manual workflows
Batch processing and Excel files still pervade, with only one in four lenders planning tech upgrades