Articles by Lukas Becker
Auditors: the extra line of defence
If CDS skew spikes, some banks may be thankful for conservative accountants
Trump victory: market whipsaw could spell exotics losses
Seesawing markets prompt speculation of big losses for structured product issuers
LCH targets non-cleared market with radical new platform
Bilateral trades would be valued and margined using LCH swap curves
LCH under scrutiny after outsized Brexit margin calls
Intra-day calls criticised by banks; FIA working group pushing for change
Traders blame bail-in for Deutsche CDS jump
Debt subordination behind spread widening from January; CVA desks may need to adjust hedge ratios
March margin deadline may force clients onto new CSAs
Dealers say they lack capacity to renegotiate thousands of existing collateral agreements
Banks missing margin transfer deadline due to timezone clash
Euroclear shuts at 12:15pm New York time, causing some US banks to miss T+1 cutoff
Banks prepare for bumpy ride as margin deadline looms
Banks and funds may have limited set of counterparties on September 1
Banks ‘hurting, but not dead’ after Brexit shock
Last-gasp hedges may have eased the pain of Brexit for some banks
Brexit hedging leaves Ficc books unbalanced
Market-making desks struggling to recycle some client flows ahead of referendum
Dealers renew push for standardised CSAs
Banks hope LCH platform will help cut costs and complexity as non-cleared margin regime looms
Strength turns to weakness for old OTC market
Non-cleared notional falls $36 trillion as costs and complexity grow
Banks fear huge losses on bond repacks in Japan
Dealers and investors face multi-million-dollar hits if rates continue to slide
Canabarro to join Barclays as model validation head
UK bank hires former Morgan Stanley risk analytics head
LCH-JSCC basis rockets for cleared yen swaps
Cost of receive-fixed swaps at JSCC jumps fivefold in a week
Mifid II transparency rules pose swaps pricing challenge
Isda AGM: dealers fear pre-trade transparency could lead to front-running of hedges
MUFG head criticises internal modelling restrictions
Isda AGM: Mitsubishi UFJ Group CEO also sounds warning on sovereign risk weights and CVA
Standardisation ‘a must’ for uncleared swaps
Isda AGM: Standard products and contracts key to product's future, say trading execs
Japanese regulator defends risk-based capital rules
Shirakawa warns binding leverage ratio could harm banks' risk management practices
ABN Amro cuts rates swaps from €24bn covered bond programme
High cost of downgrade triggers forces Dutch bank to use alternative hedge
Traders shocked by $712m CVA loss at StanChart
Bank’s new methodology has been used by some rivals for more than a decade
Libor reform: the sound of silence
Moves to push swaps off Libor have generated surprisingly little noise
DVA shift a net positive for structured notes
Most structured note businesses likely to welcome accounting change
Dodgy discounts: DVA claims fly in cross-currency market
Derided pricing adjustment is being used to undercut competition, traders claim