Trading book
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
Trading’s share of EU bank income shrinks in Q3
French banks boasted highest share of income from trading, at 24%
EU banks pare back commodities risk
Risk-weighted assets for commodities trading positions under standardised approach fall almost 30%
SocGen leads EU banks on trading asset gains – EBA
Almost three-quarters of H1 2019 income came from gains on trading assets at French bank
At UK stress test banks, loan-loss estimates up £8bn in 2019
Impairments estimated to cut 5.7% off of the banks’ aggregate CET1 capital ratio
Initial margin – A regulatory bottleneck
With the recent announcement of an extended preparation period for those smaller entities needing to post initial margin under the uncleared margin rules, the new timetable could cause a bottleneck for firms busy repapering derivatives contracts linked…
Upgrade to derivatives system dents trading revenue at TD
Real-time mark-to-market of portfolio should cut trading revenue volatility in future
Final Volcker rule spurs rethink on FRTB trading desks
Regulators encourage structural alignment between the two rules, but hurdles remain
The Fundamentals of market risk rules
With the 2022 Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB) deadline looming, banks are fast coming to grips with the amount of work still to be done to achieve a successful implementation
Competitive differentiation – Reaping the benefits of XVA centralisation
A forum of industry leaders discusses the latest developments in XVA and the strategic, operational and technological challenges of derivatives valuation in today’s environment, including the key considerations for banks looking to move to a standardised…
Over four years, US G-Sibs slash securitisation charges
Banks also have more exposures capitalised using sophisticated calculation approaches than in years prior
Goldman, State Street amass losing trading days in Q3
Tough market conditions also led to VAR breach at Goldman Sachs
FRTB costs force banks to weigh IMA desk by desk
Risk USA: Some desks “may not be able to pass these more rigorous standards”, says Morgan Stanley FRTB lead
Trading revenues top $1bn at Wells Fargo in Q3
Net gains on trading activities up 75% on Q3 2018
European FRTB proposals spark XVA overload fears
Banks warn of overly complex revaluation process and heightened risk of backtest fails
How banks rode out the EU stress tests’ market shock in 2018
During the last round of tests, projected trading portfolio losses sapped 89 basis points off EU banks’ aggregate CET1 ratio
Deutsche opens bidding for interest rate derivatives
Fixed income assets on the block after equity derivatives sale closes
Counterparty risk product of the year: FIS
Asia Risk Technology Awards 2019
Market risk management product of the year: Murex
Asia Risk Technology Awards 2019
Derivatives pricing and trading system of the year: Murex
Asia Risk Technology Awards 2019
Revealed: FRTB impact three times higher than expected
Undisclosed Isda study finds capital hike outweighs previous Basel Committee estimate
First-half trading revenues at US G-Sibs increase by a third year-on-year
Income from interest rate exposures more than tripled on H1 2018, while equity revenues increased 17%
State Street had most losing trading days since 2015 in Q2
Systemic US banks rack up 220 losing days in second quarter
