Repo
NSFR opens up new front in war on repo
Banks estimate a 60bp hike in the cost of even simple trades
Repo desks up in arms about NSFR
Draft rules would add an estimated 60 basis points to the cost of some overnight repo
Pension funds snub swaps over margin demand
Liabilities now being matched with bonds or property, says AllianceBernstein
Banks battle for share of burgeoning Asia repo market
Basel III pushes US and European banks to Asia
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”
Benchmarking European repo markets
Sponsored forum: Stoxx
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
Basel said to be weighing leverage ratio U-turn
Cash collateral may be allowed to bring down derivatives exposure - and repo treatments could also be softened, according to three industry sources
Risk Espana rankings 2012
Light at the end of the tunnel
Tri-party repo taskforce to disband without delivering key reform
The New York Fed's concerns about intra-day credit should be tackled by JP Morgan, BNY Mellon and DTCC, an industry taskforce concludes
Banks blame complexity for slipping tri-party reform targets
Reforms to $1.59 trillion tri-party repo market are set to miss industry deadlines, and could now spill into 2012
Repo 105: plaintiffs win ground on 'misleading' risk and leverage statements
Lehman executives and Ernst & Young lose fight to dismiss charges of deceit
Risk Espana rankings 2011
No fiesta
Tri-party repo reforms pose new challenges
Three's a crowd
Preparing for Solvency II
Solvency II: insuring for change
Credit derivatives house of the year: Credit Suisse
Risk awards 2011
Structured products house of the year: BNP Paribas
Risk awards 2011
In-house system of the year: Advanced Repo Curves, Barclays Capital
Risk awards 2011
SNB rejects Irish debt as collateral
Swiss National Bank excludes Irish sovereign debt and that of some Irish banks from list of collateral eligible for open market operations
Pension funds worried about CCP margin
Margin hunters
Axa offers ABS repo facility to banks
You repo what you sow
Bank funding blow from ECB repo withdrawal
As the European Central Bank winds down its repo facility, there are fears that traditional avenues of securitisation issuance are still not viable.
FSC clamps down on unsecured lending while bolstering Korean repo market
Reform to broaden the use of the onshore repo market in South Korea is expected to help smaller banks and financial institutions better manage their short-term funding and reduce systemic risk. It should also facilitate the development of interest rate…