Funding valuation adjustment (FVA)
FVA hedge omission from FRTB set to cause headaches
Lack of carve-out for market risk hedges could create hedging issues, experts say
CVA exposures to UK corporates jump ‘hundreds of millions’
Dash for credit protection triggered a doom loop in the CDSs of cross-currency swap counterparties
Podcast: the right way to wrong-way risk and climate risk in XVA
MUFG quant thinks outside the box on risk management
Data-driven wrong-way risk
A calculation method for regulatory CVA wrong-way risk based on credit and exposure is introduced
JP Morgan takes $524m XVA loss on nickel, Russia trades
Margin calls, markdowns and rising funding costs result in biggest XVA loss since early 2020
Climate is changing for derivatives valuation adjustments
Banks back increased use of global warming criteria when calculating XVAs
Russian invasion stirs up ‘perfect storm’ for XVA desks
Declining credit quality of Russian companies and spike in inflation threaten CVA and FVA double-whammy for banks
Degree of influence 2021: XVA marks the spot
Research into valuation adjustments is back on quants’ to-do list
After Archegos, a bigger role for XVA desks?
Credit Suisse has stalled on call to expand XVA remit; others think it would have helped, but disagree on how
Derivatives pricing starts feeling the heat of climate change
Quants find physical and transition risks can lead to significant rise in CVA
Capturing the effects of climate change on CVA and FVA
A framework to incorporate climate change risk into derivative prices is presented
How sovereigns learned to live with two-way CSAs
Some say new collateral terms ensured access to markets during last year’s meltdown
How XVAs hit top US banks’ trading revenues in 2020
JP Morgan led systemic banks on losses due to valuation adjustments
XVAs ate $401m of JP Morgan’s revenues in 2020
Credit valuation adjustment on derivatives cost $337 million alone
The slow corporate embrace of CSAs
Risk.net research finds 28 of 50 large companies now have CSAs – but has the trend run its course?
A guiding light for corporates lost in the fog of XVAs
Chris Kenyon proposes a framework for optimising XVAs – from the client perspective
Client engineering of XVA
A client’s guide to reducing XVA in times of need
Podcast: Matthias Arnsdorf on a new – and cheaper – KVA
Quant proposes approach anchored by a dealer’s default rate rather than its return on equity
KVA as a transfer of wealth
A capital valuation adjustment designed to preserve a firm’s value to shareholders is introduced
At UniCredit, XVAs amped trading gains in Q3
Italian bank claimed a €110 million benefit to earnings from valuation adjustments
Funding pain prompts calls to rehome FVA
Dealers push to move derivatives funding costs out of P&L following March’s outsize losses
XVA traders have no time to rest on laurels
Markets have calmed, but they may not be out of the woods yet
Commerzbank takes €111m of XVA losses in H1
Valuation adjustment benefits gained in Q2 did not offset huge Q1 losses
HSBC trading unit hit by $355m of XVA costs in H1
Wider spreads continued to eat into derivatives values