Banks work together in effort to reduce XVA costs

Dealers offer rewards to clients and rivals for help in cutting valuation adjustments

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XVA savings from optimisation can add up, say dealers

The rising impact of funding adjustments for derivatives trades is pushing dealers to actively manage these costs using a variety of methods – with banks that stand to benefit offering juicy incentives to clients and other dealers to play along.

Valuation adjustments – also known as XVAs – reflect costs that are built into the price of derivatives to take into account factors such as capital, funding, counterparty risk and the risk of a dealer’s own default.

Some banks have previously taken an

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