Leverage ratio
CME fears futures clearing retreat
Leverage ratio could prompt FCMs to be more picky, warns CME's Sprague
CME and LCH.Clearnet prep buy-side repo clearing
New clearing services could offer cross-margining benefits
OTC infrastructure service of the year: TriOptima
Risk Awards 2015: TriReduce to the rescue
OTC client clearer of the year: Citi
Risk Awards 2015: US bank a hit with clients, despite headwinds
Clearing house of the year: LCH.Clearnet
Risk Awards 2015: UK clearer could unlock leverage ratio
Citi buys $250bn Deutsche Bank single-name CDS portfolio
Nearly 2.5% of single-name CDS market changed hands in trade last September
Dealers have the last word on derivatives notionals
Compression is the ultimate retort to those who equate notionals with exposure
Compression to save the swaps business, dealers predict
Banks believe they can cut the notional value of their swaps books in half by the end of next year
SwapClear hopes to crush notionals by $600trn
New approach to compression could help swaps escape leverage ratio pressure
What the leverage ratio means for clearing fees – Citi analysis
The future of swap clearing depends on the finer details of the supplementary leverage ratio
OCC’s Taylor: US creates ‘headroom’ for leverage rethink
Tougher leverage ratio in US prompts early review
Banks hail ‘improved’ European leverage ratio
New rules mirror US tweaks but leave question mark over pending settlements
Regulation may force banks out of repo, says NY Fed
Banks will "revisit their presence" due to liquidity and leverage charges
Take care with repo market, ECB's Bindseil urges
Banks claim new rules will force repo business into hands of hedge funds
US eases leverage ratio impact on swaps
JP Morgan says new approach boosted ratio by up to 20bp
Repo costs rising as a result of leverage ratio
Low-margin, high-notional products being repriced says Pimco's Bill De Leon
Regulators worry about bank deleveraging
Officials would "very much prefer" industry to raise capital instead
Banks call for CCPs to act on compression
Revamped service at LCH.Clearnet has $200 trillion target for 2014
Foreign banks say new Fed rules could force them out of repo markets
Repo and securities lending “will be the first casualties of the new Fed standards”
In-depth introduction: Leverage ratio
Banks are under pressure to reduce the gross value of their derivatives portfolios, spurring greater use of bilateral compression exercises - and tougher standards in the US could put banks there under more pressure than their peers. By Lukas Becker
Bilateral compression takes off as banks tackle leverage
It used to mean the tearing-up of perfectly matching trades, but compression has become something bolder and more ambitious in recent months – at the same time, it has also become more confusing, and smaller banks fear they may have the wool pulled over…
US banks fear competitive impact of higher leverage ratio
US regulators have pledged to adopt the new Basel leverage ratio, but with higher minimums, sparking concerns that US banks will find it harder to compete in repo and other businesses. Lukas Becker reports
Repo netting curbs threaten government bonds, say dealers
Repo netting criteria in the revised leverage ratio may be less forgiving than banks first thought
Isda forced to rework year-old standard CSA
Regulation hits key element of landmark collateral contract - but planned revisions will reintroduce settlement risk