BASEL III ENDGAME
Banks cry foul over shock decision from Basel Committee
Asset and liability management professionals question severity of criteria in revised IRRBB tests
Discord deepens over fund-linked trades in FRTB
More banks use punitive approach to capital treatment under new trading book regime, irking regulators
Vendors lack silver bullet for FRTB’s fund-linked issue
EU and UK legislators tried to ease capital charge by leaning on vendors, but problems persist
Why FRTB models are on the edge of extinction
With only four banks known to be applying to use internal models for market risk, the fate of advanced modelling looks precarious
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DCOs show resilience beyond key default thresholds – CFTC
Reverse stress test reveals clearing houses remain resilient under low to moderate market shocks
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Capital Group grows interest rates swaps book by 62%
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CREDIT RISK
House of cards? The $3 trillion (non-systemic) real estate risk
Regional banks share the bulk of US commercial real estate exposure, but the sector’s downturn doesn’t faze them
More data urged for effective counterparty credit risk management
Disclosure of client positions may not be commercially realistic, expert warns
Banks look to offload ‘orphan’ hedge risk
Bespoke CDSs shift private credit borrowers’ derivatives default exposures back to the buy side
Capital rules explain leverage craving in US bank risk transfers
Tougher requirements have led to conservative structuring and lower coupons
Equity derivatives
OCC readies new intraday margin requirement
Draft measure would cover all options positions including 0DTEs
The coming AI revolution in QIS
The first machine learning-based equity indexes launched in 2019. They are finally gaining traction with investors
Equity vol convexity selling gains momentum
Risky hedging strategy is attracting interest but can investors learn from past convexity blow-ups?
Form an orderly QIS: hedge funds spur quant products to new heights
Rise of multi-strategy vehicles triggers demand for indexes once seen as competitors
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