BNP Paribas
Pimco and Vanguard slash FX forwards trading with BNP Paribas
Counterparty Radar: French bank sees its notional volumes with mutual funds halve
BNPP ups efforts to weed out skew sniffers
French bank deploys skew sensitivity algo to help identify predatory behaviour
Marex leapfrogs three FCMs with record F&O margin
New clients, trading activity surge and higher margin rates drive increase at UK broker
Consolidation of Arval exposures adds €20bn to BNP Paribas’ RWAs
Bank shifts exposures from soon-to-be retired equity IRB treatment to standardised approach
Hedge funds pile into short volatility QIS options
New twist on capturing vol premium remains popular despite mixed performance in August vol spike
People: All fall in at Citi, TD turbulence, and more
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Asia moves: senior hires at Citi, BNP Paribas, and more
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BNP Paribas exec fears data drought from market’s IMA cuts
Vendors may not step up with critical inputs to support internal models under FRTB
BNPP overtakes Barclays in Ucits single-name CDSs
Counterparty Radar: Europe’s retail funds shed notional but used wider range of underlyings, new data shows
BNP Paribas’ FX forwards notional jumps 75% in Q2
Counterparty Radar: French bank’s increased trading with Pimco lifts it into top spot
Citi revealed as top index CDS dealer to Ucits funds
Counterparty Radar: Novel data shows US banks captured nearly 90% of uncleared notional volume in European markets
UniCredit-Commerz merger could spawn sixth-largest EU G-Sib
Analysis of banks’ risk indicators suggest combined entity could have larger systemic footprint than ING and BPCE
New data reveals Pimco is top Ucits interest rate swaps user
Counterparty Radar: US managers and dealers reign supreme in European retail fund space
IM and default funds drive big variance in EU bank CCP exposures
BNP Paribas accounts for 55% of top dealers’ €126 billion exposures
People: Masters moves into FNZ, Two Sigma founders step back, and more
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HSBC loses FX forwards market share with EU funds
Counterparty Radar: UK bank reported 6% drop in notional volumes with Ucits funds in H2 last year
BNPP transfers €8bn of liabilities to Level 3
Revision in level-setting responsible for biggest net transfer in at least eight years
Four EU banks forecast capital hits from final Basel III reforms
BNP Paribas only dealer to disclose hit from FRTB
Vanguard stages swaptions comeback
Counterparty Radar: Deutsche grew book to $11 billion in Q1 to become largest non-US swaptions dealer to mutual funds
ABN Amro, Intesa lead EU IMA users with RWA surges
Rates volatility tests models in their twilight years before FRTB forces shelving
Keys to the kingdom: FX dealers open doors to passive trades
Banks provide entry to internal exchanges and principal trading desks