Risk magazine/News
Clearing houses face privacy law concerns
US reporting requirements could force CCPs to break national privacy laws
Hedge funds eye actively managed synthetic CDOs
Active deals seen as “the next step” after last year’s revival of static CDOs
Banks claim trading book rules will hit hedges
Regulatory measures of risk would leap 133% for some positions, warns ING
UBS takes Sfr4.2bn of client collateral off balance sheet
Accounting change cuts futures clearing leverage exposure
Massad backs leverage ratio changes
CFTC chairman “very concerned” about negative impact on clearing
Credit Suisse takes Sfr279 million FVA loss
Credit Suisse becomes the fifteenth bank known to have taken an FVA charge
Traiana drama culminates in CEO’s exit
Senior executives butted heads, but CMO ousts CEO in latest twist
CFTC close to 'game-changing' guidance on Sef anonymity
Agency could prevent Sefs from revealing identities of order book participants
Giancarlo: CFTC has no right to end swap market split
Participants should choose all-to-all or two-tier structure, argues commissioner
House committee calls on Fed to change leverage ratio
US politicians argue "unwarranted" capital burden will hike end-user costs
Piterbarg leaves Barclays; bank names new head quant
UK bank's head of quantitative analytics leaves after 10 years
People: Deutsche shakes up European rates team
Richard Jackson departs; Sam Wisnia to head European rates trading
Swiss franc losses blamed on liquidity gap
Options portfolios were impossible to delta-hedge, traders say
Massad and Giancarlo feared CFTC split claims over Sef white paper
CFTC chairman and commissioner discussed withholding Giancarlo’s calls for rules reboot
Electronic trading of corporate bonds still work in progress
Industry members discuss the growth of electronic trading of corporate bonds
Impact study postponed for Basel rate-risk project
QIS was due to get under way last month but will now start in mid-2015
CME fears futures clearing retreat
Leverage ratio could prompt FCMs to be more picky, warns CME's Sprague
Lawyers back Esma in clearing dispute with EC
Clash leaves clearing timeline in "uncharted territory"
IMF report calls for reform of securitisation markets
Fund says securitisation practices should be tightened while spurring demand
Giancarlo: scrap CFTC Sef rules and start over
Commissioner proposes wholesale replacement of year-old regime
Buy-side firms reject market-making role
Client mandates and compliance mean dealers cannot be replaced like-for-like
CME and LCH.Clearnet prep buy-side repo clearing
New clearing services could offer cross-margining benefits
Big banks expect to miss Basel risk data deadline
Markit study and Basel progress report find industry is lagging
Barclays attempted to cancel Swiss franc trades
British bank tried to renege on counterparty trades, sources say