Swaps
How carbon-cutting Drax manages currencies and credit
Interview: UK power giant uses option selling – and other tactics – to create hedging headroom
Dollar funding squeeze eases after March madness
Fed action helps restore equilibrium, leaving fears of quarter-end crunch unfounded
OIS volumes collapse after rates plummet
USD OIS weekly traded notional falls to $502 billion from recent $3.3 trillion peak
China regulator to outline legal thinking on close-out netting
Coronavirus could delay things, but authorities are taking small steps on a thorny issue
Outsmarting counterparty risk with smart contracts
A digital transaction system developed by quants at DZ Bank could slash margin costs for derivatives
Sonia swaps surge not mirrored by futures
Popularity of short sterling futures takes shine off Sonia’s RFR succession
E-trading takes hold for FX swaps – sort of
Bulk of trades are being executed over screen, but bolder changes have stalled
Fed funds swaptions offer SOFR alternative
Investors dry-run systems using familiar overnight rate, as markets wait for SOFR liquidity to build
FCMs clamour for formal rule on separate account margin
Costly compliance effort will be to no avail if CFTC relief expires in June 2021
Dollar OIS volumes hit $3.3trn high
Short-dated swaps dominated trading in last week of February
Sonia’s share of sterling swaps tipped to hit 80% by year-end
Ahead of Monday’s convention switch, dealers already view Sonia as the primary sterling rate
SOFR discounting – Analysing the market impact
The switch to secured overnight financing rate (SOFR) discounting brings several complex issues and is impacting market practices. Ping Sun, senior vice‑president of financial engineering at Numerix, discusses the key issues, such as the differences…
Margin exchange threshold relief: get out of jail free?
‘Game-changing’ IM exchange threshold relief may not be the phase five free pass it first appears
First SOFR versus CORRA cross-currency swap hits market
JP Morgan and National Bank of Canada extend SOFR cross-currency trading into Canadian market
BNP buys Deutsche’s delta one assets in latest CRU auction
French dealer lodges winning bid after missing out on flow equity portfolios last year
Understanding the significance of SOFR discounting for derivatives trading and risk
Two years in, the transition toward secured overnight financing rate (SOFR) has seen several milestones crossed, with 2019 in particular seeing a strong acceleration in SOFR usage. With all the SOFR trading activity that has taken place so far, the…
Isda plans February rerun of Libor pre-death trigger poll
Lack of consensus would add pre-cessation option to post-cessation protocol for bilateral swaps
How Onyx came from nowhere to conquer oil swaps
In just four years, market-maker has become the largest provider of liquidity in energy derivatives
Signing the Libor fallback protocol: a cautionary tale
As Orwell’s Room 101 beckons for Libor publication, muRisQ Advisory’s Marc Henrard warns of a potential pitfall in the fallback protocol
Compounding, venue disruptors and the Fed’s stress buffer
The week on Risk.net, January 11–17, 2020
On eve of Brexit, PPF’s chief risk officer isn’t too worried
Stephen Wilcox talks about getting pensions paid without the benefit of controlling ‘UK Plc’
Swaps data: have SOFR and Sonia swaps and futures lived up to expectations?
Progress on volumes of SOFR and Sonia swaps and futures
Swap books swell at UK banks in Q3
Gross derivatives assets with non-bank financial firms up 39%