News
Shell bides time over Isda fallbacks
Oil major will adopt Isda protocol as “insurance policy” despite hedge accounting concerns
FCMs to let clients offset swaps and futures margin at Eurex
Banks target Q2 support for client cross-margining following lengthy lobby effort from hedge funds
FCA sees ‘no case for delay’ on Libor cessation ruling
Synthetic Libor powers set for spring consultation as fallbacks become effective and IBA analyses cessation feedback
Isda fallback protocol sees healthy take-up
Some hedge fund holdouts remain amid 12,000 signatories
Optiver becomes first non-bank options market-maker on FXall
Dutch e-trading firm joins OTC FX options platform in a market taking electronic baby steps
End ‘senseless’ ban on midpoint trading, asset managers urge
Investors decry European rule that forces them to trade some equities in whole tick sizes
ECB grants post-Brexit reprieve on large exposures limit
Exemption for intra-group exposures to UK will be preserved pending a decision on equivalence
ETF options: the market’s latest credit hedge
Investors look to derivatives on fixed income exchange-traded funds to manage credit risk exposure
Bloomberg, IHS Markit join race for SOFR credit add-on
BSBY index seen as ‘easy option’ add-on for regulator-preferred RFR; Markit preps for Q2 launch
Haitong set for warrants wins as China sanctions hit US banks
China securities firm doubles HKEX warrant output as US banks pull listed products on vetoed names
Brexit drives swaps trading to US platforms
Lack of equivalence forces dealers to shift euro and sterling swaps out of European and UK venues
Jumbo Goldman 1MDB fine upends 2020 trend to lower losses
Financial fraud and fat fingers loom large, but annual top 10 op risk losses still show fewer fails. Data by ORX News
French regulator questions need for share trading equivalence
Esma’s reinterpretation ahead of Brexit reduces need for equivalence system, says AMF official
US pension fund teams up with academics to cut through ESG fog
State fund and MIT’s business school look to improve ESG data and to reflect all investors’ views
Deutsche Bank lines up new head of op risk
Appointment follows departure of Bakhshi to CRO role at LSEG
Nascent green repo market promises new market ‘ecosystem’
Market participants see demand for repo backed by green collateral
Trading heads call for reform of double volume caps
Asset managers endorse UK move on caps and back changes to EU’s unloved share trading restrictions
European regulators issue Brexit relief for UK pension funds
Some EU watchdogs are not enforcing mandatory clearing for trades between region’s banks and UK pension schemes
Dealers drag their feet on NDF clearing, say prime brokers
Trade mismatches and other wrinkles hinder clearing between executing broker and prime broker
Don’t blame CCPs’ models for Covid margin spikes – WFE
Lobby group counters popular view that tools could ease procyclicality; puts focus on liquidity management
IBA, Refinitiv go live with regulated term Sonia rates
First deals linked to new benchmarks are likely to be in trade finance
UK offers unlimited dark trading on lost EU stocks
FCA gives London dark pools an edge over EU rivals, but will fund managers use it?
Goldman, IBM lay out quantum road map for derivatives pricing
Researchers estimate 7,500 logical qubits and 46 million T-gates would be needed to price options
US Fed facility bought Libor bonds with ‘weak’ fallbacks
Industry surprise over purchase of floaters linked to doomed benchmark