Risk-free rates (RFRs)
Three’s a crowd? Eurex and Ice battle CME for €STR trading
Chasing exchanges represent 75% of trading volume, 28% of open interest in first weeks of push
Bloomberg calls time on BSBY
After damning Iosco verdict, no commercial future seen for credit-sensitive rate
Swap dealers look internally to ease SOFR basis headaches
Traders are using their own banking units as a new outlet for reducing SOFR-versus-term SOFR risk
US regionals load up on cheap receive-fix term SOFR swaps
Major dealers are welcoming basis-risk-offset trades with “open arms”, say hedge advisers
Rising costs prompt US borrowers to embrace compounded SOFR
Sophisticated firms with term SOFR loans increasingly willing to run basis risk to cut hedging costs
TMX, CanDeal set to launch risk-free Canadian term rate
Forward-looking version of Corra will take over as official loan benchmark next year
CSRs fight for survival after ‘damning’ Iosco verdict
Standard-setter accused of ignoring its own principles and failing to back up its conclusions
Invesco is first US mutual fund to trade €STR swaptions
Counterparty Radar: Trades were some of just a handful of €STR swaptions to hit the market this year
Canada considering interdealer trading in term Corra swaps
‘Where Canada’s market structure is unique, we will forge our own path,’ says benchmark body co-chair
Iosco criticism dents AFX’s plans for Ameribor derivatives
SOFR alternative continues to be widely used to price regional bank loans
Dealers tackle US Libor swaptions transition
Complexity of legacy book and CCP deadlines sees banks turn to new Capitalab service
Iosco deals hammer blow to BSBY, Ameribor
Non-compliance ruling does not equate to a ban, but may strangle use by regulated firms
Refinitiv beefs up term €STR with cleared LCH swaps
Use of OIS transaction prices reflects data-sufficiency worries and euro-market desire for T+1 publication
Euro Axi rate proposed as Euribor fallback
New study lays groundwork for euro version of across-the-curve credit spread index
Hedge funds boost new Tona futures market
Arbitrageurs said to be behind early trading as contracts tipped to prove useful for US buy-siders
Regional banks face soaring term SOFR spreads
Bid/offers hit 10bp as dealers price counterparty risk into non-cleared Libor transition trades
Easing of trading curbs is no quick fix for term SOFR swaps
ARRC’s new guidelines will do little to improve liquidity, but may keep a lid on spiralling basis
Fed’s Bowman confirms interdealer term SOFR ban
Isda AGM: Further softening ruled out after April reprieve lifts curbs on term SOFR basis swaps
FRA-OIS demise leaves hole in bank treasury risk management
Banks now face ‘greater downside’ to widening credit spreads
ARRC relaxes limits on trading term SOFR derivatives
Updated usage guidelines allow hedge funds and fixed rate issuers to hedge with forward rate
Tradeweb lodges MAT application for SOFR and Sonia swaps
If accepted by the CFTC, trades referencing the benchmarks must be traded on-Sef from June 1
Funding, wealth transfer and financial stability in the post-Libor era
Adjusting RFR with a funding premium may aid economic growth and stability
Emmi seeks to ditch ‘expert judgement’ in Euribor overhaul
Q3 consultation would centralise Level 3 submissions with administrator in bid to expand panel
Strict term SOFR trading rules ‘permanent’, says Fed’s Bowman
Official says restrictions on use of term SOFR swaps “should not be expected to change”