International Swaps and Derivatives Association (Isda)
Blackstone-Hovnanian CDS deal revives credit rules debate
Rumoured triggering-for-financing arrangement sparks calls for more legal protection for sellers
Derivatives close-out netting nears approval in India
Legislation expected early next year will clarify that local banks can use technique, say lawyers
EBF to update European master agreement
Derivatives and repo docs to be amended in light of new regulations, giving users an EU law option post-Brexit
EC backs forex forward margin exemption
Need for change is “undisputed”, official says – but short-term relief expected to come via forbearance
The fraught search for a Libor fallback
Banks and buy side disagree over how to prepare for Libor’s death
Banks prepare for battle with Fed over G-Sib rules
Proposals would kill client clearing business, FCMs claim – but postponement is a chance to fight back
Long stay parking: G-Sibs seek BRRD swap stays exemption
Resolution authorities do not want systemic implications of extended moratorium, say banks
Fed postpones G-Sib capital change
Industry reprieve granted on proposal that threatens $10 billion capital increase
Industry hails potential US relaxation of margin timing rules
Treasury’s proposed shift from T+1 for non-cleared swaps welcomed, but IM calculation comments draw fire
A common interest in common law
Losing UK court judgement recognition in EU would not dim enthusiasm for English law contracts
Industry mulls auction-based Libor swaps transition plan
Stanford’s Darrell Duffie proposes solution for switch to referencing alternative risk-free rates
Unwanted Kingdom: managing no-deal Brexit risks
UK-based dealers must plan now if they are to handle trades that extend beyond Brexit day
Extended resolution swap stays divide EU lawmakers
SRB defends EC moratorium proposal, but Parliament and Council are turning against it
Treasury review not rollback of reforms – CFTC counsel
Trump order is a chance to ease some rules and promote cross-border regulatory deference
Basel set to reopen NSFR derivatives debate
Contentious 20% add-on for derivatives liabilities to be reviewed this October
Fed G-Sib plan threatens 50bp jump in FCM capital
Banks rail against proposals that would scoop up $46trn in cleared trades
EU-US swaps trading equivalence tipped for November
Hong Kong and Singapore unlikely to be deemed equivalent for start of Mifid II
EU trading obligation threatens packaged trades
Banks warn they will have to break up packages and face higher costs for hedging
Industry renews push for triBalance clearing exemption
Dealers using Emir review to request carve-out for optimisation trades
Haircutting non-cash collateral
Wujiang Lou develops a parametric haircut model to conduct sensitivity tests and capture market liquidity risk
FRTB: industry pushes to use own quotes in risk factor modelling
Isda working group proposes use of own quotes to minimise non-modellable risk factors
Day of the Mifids: what happens on January 3?
Continued ambiguities in the rules could hit European market liquidity at the start of 2018
Asia warned of LEI crunch over Mifid II deadline
Tens of thousands more Asian LEIs needed to avoid European trading lock-out in January
Sberbank: doubts over courts hamper netting in Russia
Unpredictable decisions undermining faith in close-out netting opinion, says Russian bank