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Risk managers grapple with hazards and benefits of intraday repo
Expected increase in collateral velocity and re-use could also boost leverage and risk in markets
Futures venues eye growth in BRL trading with Asian investors
CME and SGX see ramp-up in out-of-hours demand for lucrative carry trade
HSBC’s higher-risk NBFI loans nearly double
Stage 2 exposures rise 81% as an additional $1.8bn crosses quantitative risk thresholds
Report once: will Esma’s €1bn reforms deliver the full picture?
Critics say plan to merge three reporting regimes will see scant returns, and won’t mesh with single-sided reporting
How US dealers flipped the script in OTC trading
Dealer Rankings 2026: After years of creeping specialisation, buy-side filings show top US houses expanding across the board, and squeezing European rivals
Perps extend the menu to tempt TradFi diners
Expiry-less futures are spreading from bitcoin into gold, equities and FX. Institutions are watching, not buying
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Tokenisation
Repo tokens won’t be cleared. Or will they?
Uncertainty lingers over clearing status of tokenised Treasuries, with decision likely devolved to DTCC
Rapid-fire repo raises hopes of cheaper, faster trading
Tokenised Treasuries piloted by DTCC could squash settlement cycles and enable 24/7 repo
A rookie’s guide to tokenised Treasuries
What are DTCC’s digital US government debt securities? How do tokenised repo and other transactions work? These questions, and others, answered
Chain reaction: can the UK drive demand for digital gilts?
Market will need regulatory clarity, fungibility with traditional issuance and interoperable protocols
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HSBC’s higher-risk NBFI loans nearly double
Stage 2 exposures rise 81% as an additional $1.8bn crosses quantitative risk thresholds
Risk Benchmarking
Banks building GenAI governance in parallel to model risk
Risk Benchmarking: Majority have established AI governance committees, but ownership is fragmented
Capital requirements
Europe’s banks can’t agree on how to fix the output floor
Some want market risk excluded, while others push for greater savings from credit modelling
EU banks shrug off mooted minimum reserves increase
Doubling of unremunerated reserves would curb Eurosystem losses, but banks doubt it will pass
ECB finds gaps in geopolitical stress-testing frameworks
Current methods fail to properly capture impact of geopolitical stress on liquidity
BoE’s crisis lending plan hits buffers
Scepticism greets regulator’s proposal to increase releasable leverage capital buffers
Swaps traders spot their e-FX chance – finally
Swaps and forwards dealers are increasingly using spot e-FX techniques for pricing and risk management
Clearing
BoE backs away from mandatory gilt clearing
Discussions with industry shift to portfolio-based repo haircuts and ways to encourage voluntary clearing
NatWest bridges FXPB and clearing for regional banks
New model maintains traditional OTC market access with added direct clearing option
FCMs back CFTC proposal granting opt-out from CME oversight
New rules aim to address conflicts of interests at vertically integrated exchange groups
Citadel, Millennium lead US funds to JSCC as JGB yields soar
Ten US funds represent 25% of client-cleared yen swaps at Tokyo CCP after CFTC relief
How quants are getting the most out of Claude
Agentic tools boost productivity by multiples, but using them takes skill
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