Articles by Lukas Becker
Libor fallbacks set to split cash and swaps
Basis could appear when benchmark dies, with swaps, bonds and loans embracing different fallbacks
Greece slashes rates exposure with €35 billion swap programme
Sovereign debt agency entices 18 banks into hedging programme, locking in historic low rates on bailout loans
EU lawmakers open to delaying ban on critical benchmarks
MEPs propose two-year reprieve for Eonia and Euribor if contractual continuity is at risk
Let regulators manage no-deal risks
EU can stop swaps market falling over a Brexit cliff – and EU firms will be biggest losers if they don’t act
Day one of a no-deal Brexit: swaps and chaperones
Banks, trading platforms, repositories tee up EU entities – and dread the repapering crunch that would follow
Banks to ask EC for delay of benchmarks rule
New ECB rate may appear only months before rules bar use of Eonia and Euribor
Time running out for EU Brexit temporary permissions regime
UK clearing houses may need to eject EU member positions if BoE scheme is not reciprocated by year-end
Buy side using two-way prices in bid to hide trade intent
Number of trades done via ‘request-for-market’ protocol leaps 510% in past year
Esma: Eonia can be used in CSAs after 2020
Swaps users can avoid repapering before BMR deadline but may face basis risks
Offshore Eonia? A weird idea for weird times
As pressure builds in the search for a new rate, some non-EU banks are looking at ways of keeping the existing one alive
First SOFR swaps trade as banks test new benchmark
First OTC trades include two basis swaps and an OIS trade, with JP Morgan thought to be a counterparty
Eonia woes hold up euro swaptions switch
Eleventh-hour derailment for project that has been in the works for a year
CPI bonds set for growth, say dealers
Double issuance sparks hopes for inflation-linked swap market
Gottex chief on expansion plans amid industry disruption
With brokers facing headwinds, Swiss firm doubles down on Scandi niche
Eonia death will hit valuations and OIS market – expert
Working group hears end of Euribor by 2020 would threaten financial stability
Libor expert: don’t rely on forward RFR rates for transition
Swaps users should embrace backward-looking risk-free rates instead, says chair of UK working group
Buy side using compression tools to create, not destroy
Custom-trading services are booming at Bloomberg and Tradeweb, but not for the reasons intended
Swaps users to get three choices for synthetic Libor
Consultation due next month as industry tries to avoid big losses on benchmark’s death
Number of banks per RFQ jumps in EU, posing risk to prices
Some requests for quote are sent to over 20 dealers, raising worries about information leakage
Euro swaps market faces loss of key basis hedge
New Eonia/Euribor swaps will be barred from 2020 if Eonia fails to comply with EU benchmark rules
Vol virus: how a CCP basis leapt from swaps to swaptions
A clearing house basis has opened up between JSCC and LCH on yen swaptions – despite neither clearing the product
Broker hid yen swaptions basis after trader backlash
Japan’s Totan had been first to show volatility basis; sources speculate traders wanted to avoid re-marking books
FCA: Libor contract changes shouldn’t trigger margin rules
Moving from Libor to an RFR shouldn’t force margin requirement on legacy non-cleared trades, says UK regulator
Funding changes break cross-currency, Libor/OIS link
Tax reform and Treasury issuance focuses bank US dollar funding pressures onshore