Interest rate swaps
Drax, Brevan and the rise of the agency broker
JB Drax has become a key broker for at least 15 buy-side firms, including Brevan Howard. But what is driving the success of the secretive agency broker and its peers?
Banks and prop shops expect more trading tie-ups
Risk Live: White-labelling a new battleground, with Barclays, BNP, Citadel and Jump touting price streams
JP Morgan warming to derivatives-based term RFR rates
Risk Live: Unlike Libor, the market has a say in them. (Though they may not be real term rates, executive muses)
Dealers issue rallying cry for cross-currency benchmark reform
Risk Live: Global banks need to drive new standards for multi-rate swaps, say leading industry execs
BoE drops Libor for hedging UK forex reserves
Risk Live: Central bank adopts Sonia in Treasury swap programme, consults on restrictions for Libor collateral
ECB’s Holthausen on Euribor, fallbacks and Eonia’s end
QE wind-down could boost Euribor, but panel bank expansion is unlikely
Libor leaders: LCH brings SOFR swaps into the fold
CCP adapted risk models to start clearing new swaps and plans quick switchover to SOFR discounting
Libor leaders: Webster Bank aims to clear big SOFR hurdles
Small Connecticut-based lender is focusing on client education and fallbacks
Libor leaders: ABP crafts blueprint for corporate Libor switch
UK port operator converts swaps and bonds to Sonia, but loans proving more tricky
CFTC frees amended legacy swaps from margin net
US no-action relief for compression-triggered replacement trades spurs hope for EU alignment
Libor leaders: Prudential takes SOFR for a test drive
Test trades have allowed US insurer to start getting used to a life without Libor
Brexit nudges Trad-X swaps service to Paris
London loses out on planned dealer-to-client Clob for OTC euro interest rate swaps
Libor leaders: BMO sets the pace in RFR transition
Early mover switches £10 billion of pension liability swap hedges to Sonia
FCA: Sonia derivatives liquid enough to create term rates
Andrew Bailey says a forward-looking rate can work, but its use should be limited
Japan’s megabanks begin pricing in CVA
Local firms align with foreign dealers to include counterparty credit risk in corporate swap quotes
Sonia advances: liquidity builds as banks eye interdealer shift
Libor’s successor has some solid footholds. Wider acceptance could come as soon as later this year
UK public sector offloads swaps
Gross derivatives outstanding with public entities stood at £5.9 billion in Q1
Banks quiet on Libor legacy transition, say Asian clients
Hong Kong Electric Company and APG Asia say dealer engagement on amending products is limited
Talk of delaying IM ‘big bang’ sparks backlash
EC official's recent comments may hamper compliance preparations, dealers say
LCH veteran Davie set to depart
Clearer looking to fill new role in head of SwapClear and listed rates
Evolution or extinction: Ice swap rate’s post-Libor quandary
Thin liquidity in SOFR swaps imperils reference rate for $40 trillion swaptions market
Swaps users mull ‘big bang’ for SOFR discounting
Cleared and bilateral US dollar swaps could move to SOFR discounting on the same day in 2020
BNPP’s English court win calms ‘jurisdiction shopping’ fears
Unanimous decision reaffirms importance of English law provisions in derivatives contracts, say lawyers
Swaps data: IM grows in listed and OTC markets
Data shows fourth-quarter jump in IM across all product groups and after-effects of Nasdaq losses