Interest rate swaps
Man on a mission: Axel van Nederveen, swaps evangelist
EBRD treasurer spreads the good word about local currency derivatives markets
Swap Connect growth hampered by unwinding issues
Users’ inability to trade bespoke swaps to unwind positions deters foreign investors
Tradeweb treads fine line as API trend brings challenges
Buy-side rates traders look to dodge platform’s interface but remain barred from cross-venue price-shopping
JSCC’s IRS unit hit by record margin breaches
Interest rate volatility drives coverage level below CCP’s risk appetite, triggering IM methodology review
Canada considering interdealer trading in term Corra swaps
‘Where Canada’s market structure is unique, we will forge our own path,’ says benchmark body co-chair
US G-Sibs’ OTC derivatives hit record $243 trillion
JP Morgan leads US dealers in boosting notional amounts during volatile first quarter
Iosco deals hammer blow to BSBY, Ameribor
Non-compliance ruling does not equate to a ban, but may strangle use by regulated firms
Refinitiv beefs up term €STR with cleared LCH swaps
Use of OIS transaction prices reflects data-sufficiency worries and euro-market desire for T+1 publication
Same instrument, different market
Dealer Rankings 2023: For buy-side firms, the list of banks you can trade with depends on who you are
Euro Axi rate proposed as Euribor fallback
New study lays groundwork for euro version of across-the-curve credit spread index
BNP Paribas, SocGen brace for more hits from TLTRO hedge unwinds
Duo expect combined €600m in losses after already booking €500m in first quarter
After Swap Connect, industry eyes onshore China repo market
Similar netting and infrastructure upgrades wanted to help foreign investors fund CNY bond holdings
MassMutual maintains lead in IR swaps market for life insurers
Counterparty Radar: Bank of America heads dealer rankings as sector’s notional drops 1%
Raft of EU clearing changes is self-defeating – BNPP lobbyist
Diverging rules between EU and UK starting to threaten EU firms’ competitiveness
Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan lead Risk’s first Dealer Rankings
Dealer Rankings 2023: Analysis of more than 1,000 cuts of Counterparty Radar data offers rare glimpse of sell-side pecking order
Banks mull structured notes as term SOFR basis hedge
ARRC signals opposition to passing term SOFR-SOFR basis risk to investors via structured payoffs
IR swaps market for US funds rebounds in Q1
Counterparty Radar: Notional traded by mutual funds, ETFs bounces back to early-2022 levels
EU active account rule may impose costly CCP basis
Buy-siders say end-users could be forced into volatile Eurex/LCH basis at the worst time under EU proposals
BNPP appoints new head of US and CAD interest rate swaps
Eric Duclos joins from Crédit Agricole
Simm’s first off-cycle rejig hits non-cleared rates
Recalibration lifts initial margin for some products by 37% after year-end volatility forces update
Swap Connect shines light on US client clearing hurdles
New scheme may intensify calls for CFTC to reassess its exempt DCO limitations
Regional banks face soaring term SOFR spreads
Bid/offers hit 10bp as dealers price counterparty risk into non-cleared Libor transition trades
Eurex clearing chief calls for active account carve-outs
Isda AGM: Müller says EU clearing thresholds should exempt market-making and US client trades
Easing of trading curbs is no quick fix for term SOFR swaps
ARRC’s new guidelines will do little to improve liquidity, but may keep a lid on spiralling basis