Liquidity
Relationship banking isn’t dead, just different
Some asset managers are pumping banks for liquidity leads. But what can they offer in return?
Finding potential in a volatile commodities market
Macquarie is uniquely positioned to offer clients a range of products, expertise and experience across the commodities space. Nick O’Kane discusses the bank’s approach to commodity markets and what he expects next
Stability heightens flash crash risks – research
Liquidity breaks down when latent orders are revealed too slowly, quant firm says
Dealers suffer in euro rates desert
Analysis shows collapse in swap and bond bid/offer spreads, as traders say business is “unsustainable”
Nasdaq auction failure ignites anti-clearing backlash
CCP members wary of illiquid risks
EU hedge funds lean on repo for leverage
Around 60% of EU hedge fund borrowings due within one week, Esma reports
US banks improve funding mix in 2018
Cash outflows with high run-off rates reduce over the year
Liquid assets fall $56bn at US G-Sibs, clipping LCRs
Rate rises and Fed balance sheet policy may affect HQLA values
Volume ‘non-existent’, but SOFR backers are upbeat
ARRC members say despite appearances, SOFR is ahead of schedule and liquidity will come
UK banks build liquidity buffers ahead of Brexit
Four high street lenders boost HQLA by 11% in 2018
Rabobank shuns wholesale funding
Dutch lender has reduced wholesale liabilities by 29% since 2014
CaixaBank awash with liquidity in 2018
Spanish lender's LCR rose 11 percentage points in the 12 months to December 2018
Prudential Financial adds $1bn to liquidity pool
Insurer increases highly liquid assets by 25% in 2018
SOFR, so bad: liquidity lags transition ambitions
Thin current trading may lead to poor fallback choices, and dim SOFR’s appeal ahead of Libor’s death
Prop traders sound warning over EU capital regime
Non-banks fear topsy-turvy capital requirements under new rules based on clearing margin
Danske drains excess liquidity, reducing LCR
Nordic bank cuts LCR to 121% at end-2018 from 171% the year prior
Lenders favour eurozone non-bank borrowers
Cross-border claims on the euro area grow for the first time since Q2 2016
Cross-border euro lending rebounds in Q3
Intra-euro area cross-border claims accounted for 40% of the annual increase
Blazing new analytical paths: Tackling data aggregation for new risk insights
As the risk function’s influence continues to grow within financial services firms, demand for quality integrated risk data to support a wider range of business-critical decisions is stretching the capabilities of existing technology to breaking point. A…
Japanese bank LCRs diverge in Q3
Median LCR falls to 135.6% at six large lenders
Overseas lenders back eurozone, shun UK and US
Cross-border loans to eurozone increase $93 billion in third quarter of 2018
Morgan Stanley adds $57bn to liquidity pool
Diminished cash need in fourth quarter led to supersized reserve
Eyeing a better funding mix, Goldman gobbles up deposits
Diversified funding aids regulatory liquidity metrics