Over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives
Global banks grow systemic footprint
Nine out of the 12 G-Sib indicators increased in 2020
UMR efficiency: optimising systems and processes for IM compliance
UMR are among the biggest collateral management issues faced by investors in over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives. At a specially convened session sponsored by IHS Markit at Risk.net’s Buy-Side Risk Global event, panellists discussed the latest phases of…
After Archegos, a bigger role for XVA desks?
Credit Suisse has stalled on call to expand XVA remit; others think it would have helped, but disagree on how
Clear out: inside the equities takeover of Citi’s FCM
Clearing unit is being reshaped to support equities growth push
Banks warn it’s too early for an OTC swaps consolidated tape
Market participants say Isin difficulties need to be resolved in order to create a usable tape
Morgan Stanley bests Citi as top forwards shop for US funds
Counterparty Radar: A $30bn boost from Vanguard sends MS to top of Q2 charts
Ion expands into OTC markets with Clarus deal
Tech titan adds real-time swaps margin analytics to its post-trade services for listed derivatives
Inflation hedges flat among US funds, while payers surge
Counterparty Radar: Total inflation-receiver positions inched up in Q1, while inflation-paying books leapt 44%
US fund filings show CME taking bite out of LCH swaps share
Counterparty Radar: Rivals neck-and-neck after big LCH user cuts rate swaps book and non-G10 trades surge
Cleared portfolios surge at EU G-Sibs
Systemic banks post highest share of cleared trades in seven years, as IM phases five and six approach
Wells Fargo clearing and futures head departs
Veteran who oversaw bank’s swift rise to swaps clearing juggernaut retires
Crédit Agricole grew OTC derivatives notionals 17% in 2020
Bank pulls ahead of SocGen as third-largest European derivatives bank but risks incurring a higher G-Sib score
Banks hail UK plan to pare scope of taxing pre-trade reporting
UK wants to exempt bonds and OTC derivatives from Mifid rules on pre-trade transparency
UK aims to beat EU in Mifid swaps reporting stakes
UK follows up proposed EU solution to confusion over post-trade transparency with its own fix
G-Sib regime: something’s broken
US banks are taking the Fed for a ride – it’s time to address the issue
Futures aim to put a dent in FX swaps supremacy
Advent of margin rules sharpens appeal of exchange-traded instruments for buy-siders
At Citi, Goldman larger OTC swaps books drive up systemic risk scores
Increase in trading and available-for-sale securities bump systemic risk scores higher at BofA and JPM
UK banks interest rate swap exposures fall £711bn
Credit derivatives exposures bucked the downward trend, growing 16% quarter on quarter
China netting law drives interest in CSAs
Steady growth in contracts with CSAs suggests confidence that clean netting is near
Bank of America cleared swaps jump $6.6trn
Bank’s quarterly increase leads US G-Sibs’ $25trn rise in Q1
UK derivatives market accelerates decline
The bulk of the quarterly reduction came from swaps held by UK banks with cross-border counterparties
Nomura hires McKinsey to examine Archegos failings
Risk framework under external review as DOJ reportedly opens probe into fund’s collapse
OTC derivatives values surge 36% in 2020
Foreign exchange derivatives were largely responsible for the overall increase in fair values in the second half of last year
Esma plan ‘won’t help’ fix Mifid swaps data problem
Dealers say proposal to force disclosure of all big-bank OTC derivatives trades won’t improve data