Liquidity
Approaching menace: how financial firms are tackling emerging risks
This Risk.net report, based on a survey of 100 enterprise risk professionals in financial firms, assesses the nature of emerging risks, how well firms can assimilate emerging risks within existing risk management frameworks, and the extent to which…
MCB’s interest rate risk widens as funding turns costlier
Rotation into remunerated deposits and short-term borrowing raises liabilities’ sensitivity
SEB’s wholesale funding doubles following reporting error
Front-loading of 2023 funding plan contributes to Skr500 billion increase in H1
Run risk on funds not a systemic issue, say market participants
FSB and Iosco are consulting on drive to make open-ended funds adopt anti-dilution tools
Sovereign bonds top choice for IM collateral
Drive towards higher interest-earning assets strongest at CME and LCH among top CCPs
EU’s late CDS transparency push triggers trader fears
Leaked proposal to shoehorn public disclosure of CDS into Mifir placates Esma, but alarms traders
RepoClear’s default fund halves in Q1
Elevated initial margin allows LCH service to scale back second line of defence to lowest point on record
Meet the sharks, stroke the rays in hidden OTC ecosystem
Dealer Rankings 2023: Analysis of millions of trades reveals big fish – and small ones – in 10 derivatives instruments
In age of constraints, top dealers pick their battles
Dealer Rankings 2023: Three US banks are consistently top 10; none are consistently top five
Same instrument, different market
Dealer Rankings 2023: For buy-side firms, the list of banks you can trade with depends on who you are
CCPs shun central banks in liquidity buffers rejig
LCH, Ice US and CME lead the way towards commercial banks
US Bancorp, Citizens head for tighter ‘tailored’ standards
Banks on track for stricter capital and liquidity rules, while tiered US standards come under scrutiny
NSCC member received record $42bn cash call in Q1
Largest payment obligation was 22% larger than previous quarter
Systemic risk scores climb at largest US regionals
Funding indicators inflate systemic footprint of Capital One, KeyCorp, US Bancorp and Truist in Q1
Trading volume surged at ABN Amro and BNPP in 2022
Banks’ role in secondary market intermediation continues to grow as Deutsche retreats, G-Sib indicators show
Liquidity risk hits record high at CME
Heightened market volatility in Q1 pushes F&O’s worst-case payment obligation up 13%
FICC’s liquidity pool $3.8bn short of payment obligation
Clearing unit for MBSs incurred first shortfall on record in January
Big US banks boost cash holdings by nearly 8% in Q1
Dash for cash props up HQLAs as AFS securities drop to six-year low
A student of Dr Doom says QE is here to stay
Salomon alumni Michael Howell says central banks can’t stop pumping liquidity
Risk modellers navigate fearful new world of depositor behaviour
Silicon Valley Bank suffered fastest bank run in history, but how should others respond?
Three FHLBs increase loans by $150bn in Q1
Atlanta, Cincinnati and Dallas dominate first-quarter lending splurge despite accounting for just 37% of total assets
We’ll help banks reach ‘other side’ of deposit squeeze – Ares CEO
Private credit firm talking with banks about liquidity and capital ‘solutions’
At US banks, share of HTM securities ticks up in Q1
Despite liquidity squeeze, regional banks increased proportion to a six-year high
The case for modularity and interoperability
This report, produced by WatersTechnology and Broadridge, investigates the extent to which firms have optimized their entire trade lifecycles, the structure, challenges and interoperability of their front-office systems, and what they most value when…