Articles by Duncan Wood
Luxembourg regulator probes loan investments by Ucits
Lawyers say CSSF has already told a number of funds to prepare to sell their holdings
Banks team up for ‘Ion replacement’ project
Consortium weighs building fixed income software in potential threat to Ion, the dominant vendor
Q&A: ‘Stop talking about rules’ – Basel’s Coen
Standard-setter’s top staffer is moving on. He wants industry to do the same
Banks and prop shops expect more trading tie-ups
Risk Live: White-labelling a new battleground, with Barclays, BNP, Citadel and Jump touting price streams
Libor leaders: Webster Bank aims to clear big SOFR hurdles
Small Connecticut-based lender is focusing on client education and fallbacks
Libor leaders: EIB sees prizes and pitfalls in Libor reform
Sonia bond trailblazer wants a single bond template for all RFRs, but found hidden devils in its debut
The low flow blow
Traders can’t make flow rates business hot again, but their colleagues in tech and ops might be able to
Rokos hires new risk chief
Gianluca Squassi is replacing Nick Howard as the $8 billion hedge fund’s CRO
UBS names group head to advance data push
Swiss bank is known to be exploring commercial potential of client data
BNPP targets US equities in new tie-up with GTS
French bank says derivatives business will benefit from better prices and liquidity in underlying stocks
Lobbing out the Clobs?
As more prop traders go bilateral, what does it say about – and mean for – market liquidity?
Term versions of RFRs will work – FCA official
Schooling-Latter backs plan to build curve from swaps and futures; others have doubts
To Hull and back: a 20-year hiatus in bank e-trading plans
In the 1990s, banks tried to buy automated trading expertise; now, after a long break, they’re trying to build it
UBS’s CRO on the hunt for hidden risks
Swiss bank has rung the changes in its attempt to catch hard-to-measure risks, but “you are never safe”, warns Christian Bluhm
UBS faces capital hike from credit model curbs
Bank estimates Sfr35 billion jump in RWAs from Basel III, with credit modelling one driver, says CRO Bluhm
Machine earning: how tech is shaking up bank market-making
As banks get serious about e-trading, humans are being asked to give up their secrets to the machines that could replace them
Hunt for toxic flow hits one of banking’s old problems
Wider use of mark-out tools helps banks spot ‘bad’ trades – and also stirs debate on pay
‘People who bought this swap also bought Apple’
Dealers hope personalisation algos will help them cut sales costs, but data gaps could be a problem
Rise of the cyborgs: tech remakes the front office
Dealers “have no choice” but to change, says UBS’s Orcel – and plenty of changes are coming
Prime move for Citi’s head of European rates sales
Pauwels will lead bank’s North American prime business, after a decade in rates
Esma clampdown puts pressure on Mifid data services
Guidance insists data be free and machine-readable, attacking current practices
Fed, Goldman: wide use of SA-CCR creates problems
Isda AGM: Fed plans quick implementation, while Goldman urges caution on extending use
US will implement FRTB, insists Fed official
Isda AGM: “I don’t know why people doubt” US adoption, says Lynch
EU’s evolving CCP resolution rules get mixed reviews
Isda AGM: Parliament tackles big issues in recovery and resolution text, but 'doesn’t go far enough'