Central banks
Buy-side rates traders staying on sidelines after wild October
Funds cautious after staggering collapse of the year’s steepener trade
Climate risk: the writing is on the wall
For the EU financial sector, climate risk is inescapable, but it could be tamed
RMB house of the year: Standard Chartered
Asia Risk Awards 2021
EU banks eye debt issuance as central bank funding winds down
The projected increase would not be sufficient to replace TLTROs maturing in 2023, EBA report finds
Time for BoE to rethink the leverage ratio
The disparity of treatment keeps UK banks on an unlevel playing field
Deutsche leads eurozone banks on exempted exposures
German bank increased central bank reserves currently excluded from leverage ratio the most in Q1
BoE relief waives record £718bn off UK banks’ leverage exposures
On average, the UK leverage ratio of the top five lenders stood 80bp points higher than the CCR iteration in Q1
Clearing away after Brexit?
This paper analyzes, from a legal perspective, the new framework, the roles and responsibilities of the European Central Bank, ESMA and the European Commission, and the possible outcomes for UK CCPs once Brexit is complete.
Basel would readjust leverage ratio if reserves exempted
Basel’s Rogers says permanent relief for central bank reserves should lead to higher minimum ratio
SocGen’s cash pile grew to €163bn in Q1
Central bank deposits surge while other HQLAs shrink
Traders say BoE green bond purchase scheme could sap liquidity
Updated plan could spike market volatility – harming not only brown bonds, say dealers
Options trading – Real-time tools evolve as ‘butterfly effects’ take flight
Michael Hollingsworth of Cboe Data and Access Solutions discusses the factors accelerating change in the options market and explains why buy- and sell-side participants are demanding a more nuanced view on options pricing and risk management data
How sovereigns learned to live with two-way CSAs
Some say new collateral terms ensured access to markets during last year’s meltdown
Top 10 op risks 2021: geopolitical risk
Stimulus unwind, Covid nationalism and regime changes spell volatile operating environment
Barclays cut liquidity buffer in Q4
High-quality liquid assets fall 19% quarter on quarter
Banks’ claims on the public sector up a third post-Covid
Own-country debt and reserves climbed 44%
Top CCPs invest little clearing member cash in securities
Cash payments of initial margin and default fund contributions are typically placed with central banks
US Fed facility bought Libor bonds with ‘weak’ fallbacks
Industry surprise over purchase of floaters linked to doomed benchmark
EU banks’ reliance on ECB loans has grown in Covid’s wake
Central bank funding accounted for 14.5% of Greek banks’ liabilities in September
Post-Covid crisis, EU banks have thin dollar liquidity buffers
Dollar LCRs declined between March and June
BoE warns banks: start preparing for a higher carbon price
Risk Live: stress tests should assume rising carbon price, regardless of government policy, says Breeden
Should the central bank issue e-money?
Should a central bank take over the provision of e-money, a circulable electronic liability? The authors discuss how e-money technology changes the trade-off between public and private provision, and the trade-off between e-money and a central bank’s…
Algos make market thinner, but not less liquid – BIS
Trading robots change market microstructure, central banks conclude; new liquidity metrics may be needed
One-third of EU banks used TLTROs to hit supervisory targets
Twenty-three per cent said future TLTROs would improve their ability to fulfil regulatory or supervisory requirements