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Esma supervision proposals ensnare Bloomberg and Tradeweb
Derivatives and bonds venues would become subject to centralised supervision
BBVA joins growing Spire repack platform
Spanish bank becomes 19th dealer on multi-bank SPV issuer amid rising investor interest
CROs shoulder climate risk load, but bigger org picture is murky
Dedicated teams vary wildly in size, while ownership is shared among risk, sustainability and the business
Korean banks pivot to CDs as core deposit growth stalls
Marketable funding jumps 38% in Q4, reaching a four-year high
‘The models are not bloody wrong’: a storm in climate risk
Risk.net’s latest benchmarking exercise shows banks confronting decades-long exposures, while grappling with political headwinds, limited resources and data gaps
Nomura’s new global markets strategy: less risk, more return
Japan’s top dealer is moving away from risk warehousing, chasing real money clients and going global
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Trading platforms
Banks eye cost cuts ahead of RateStream Treasuries push
FX SpotStream’s move into rates seen as both fee-saver and potential boost to streaming execution
JP Morgan gives corporates an FX blockchain boost
Kinexys digital platform speeds cross-currency, cross-entity client payments
Market-makers seek answers about CME’s cloud move
Silence on data centre changes fuels speculation over how new matching engine will handle orders
FX options API trading takes off at quant hedge funds
Systematic players behind surge in direct execution, say dealers
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Korean banks pivot to CDs as core deposit growth stalls
Marketable funding jumps 38% in Q4, reaching a four-year high
Risk Benchmarking
CROs shoulder climate risk load, but bigger org picture is murky
Dedicated teams vary wildly in size, while ownership is shared among risk, sustainability and the business
Bank regulation
ISITC’s Paul Fullam on the ‘anxiety’ over T+1 in Europe
Trade processing chair blames budget constraints, testing and unease over operational risk ahead of settlement move
Market doesn’t share FSB concerns over basis trade
Industry warns tougher haircut regulation could restrict market capacity as debt issuance rises
Fed fractures post-SVB consensus on emergency liquidity
New supervisory principles support FHLB funding over discount window preparedness
ECB seeks capital clarity on Spire repacks
Dealers split between counterparty credit risk and market risk frameworks for repack RWAs
UK clearing houses face tougher capital regime than EU peers
Ice resists BoE plan to move second skin in the game higher up capital stack, but members approve
Investing
How Optimal aims to shake up US retail options trading
New wholesaler has assembled a team of market-makers to compete with Citadel, IMC/Dash and Jane Street
Industry frowns on FCA’s single-sided trade reporting efforts
Buy side warns UK attempt to ease Mifir burden may miss target; dealers aren’t happy either
Ram AI’s quest to build an agentic multi-strategy hedge fund
The Swiss fund already runs an artificial intelligence model factory and a team of agentic credit analysts
Real money investors cash in as dispersion nears record levels
Implied spreads were elevated to start 2026. Realised levels have been “almost unprecedented”
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