United States (US)
VAR breaches trip up Citi, CS USA and two others in Q3
Comerica’s VAR multiplier ratchets up while Huntington’s remains at record high
At US banks, paper losses on HTM securities hit new high
Bank of America leads way as mortgage-backed securities drive aggregate rise in Q3
US life insurers piled into index options in Q2
Counterparty Radar: Lincoln Financial, Global Atlantic lead expansion; Goldman claims top dealer spot
How corporates are tooling up for FX risk
Unstable markets have forced corporate treasurers to adopt whizzier methods for managing currency exposures
Bank of America refills AFS book with T-Bills
Bank makes head start on peers in reshaping battered fair-value investments
PTFs loaded up on US Treasuries during SVB collapse
Treasury official says non-bank interdealer market share rose 10 percentage points in March as dealers retreated
SEC to delay US Treasury clearing mandate, dealer rule
A final vote on proposed US Treasury market reforms is now expected in early 2024
Industry unsure of SEC’s new short-selling transparency rule
Requirement aims to provide sufficient transparency while protecting traders from a GameStop-style backlash
Bloomberg calls time on BSBY
After damning Iosco verdict, no commercial future seen for credit-sensitive rate
Morgan Stanley grows overnight and open repos as rivals retreat
Dealer adds $30 billion on its book while peers shift to longer tenors
How US insurers went to war over CLOs
Mutuals and private equity-backed rivals clash over determination of capital charges
People: Estrada, Horne out in Credit Suisse rout, Belsher to Barclays, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
HSBC shifts part of US precious metal trades to UK
US subsidiary transfers all related market risk to headquarters
Swap dealers look internally to ease SOFR basis headaches
Traders are using their own banking units as a new outlet for reducing SOFR-versus-term SOFR risk
BlackRock, Pimco slash mutual fund swaptions books
Counterparty Radar: US retail funds retreat from trade as Morgan Stanley becomes top dealer in Q2
PacWest leads banks on NII growth decline
Deutsche Bank bucks positive European trend while NatWest leads UK negative growth in Q3
All-to-all no panacea for Treasury liquidity
Traders fear push for equity-style market could be detrimental to off-the-run securities
BofA’s VAR reels back to pre-pandemic level
Dealer leads large US banks on curtailing market risk
BNP Paribas is biggest fish in shrinking repo pond
Counterparty Radar: US retail funds cut their repo exposure in Q2 to the lowest level since 2020
Buy side frets over cost of compulsory repo clearing
As US regulators prepare to mandate clearing, cost of compliance remains a mystery to many
UK to permanently recognise US CCPs
Regulators also launching review on long-term status of UK pension fund clearing exemption
Western Alliance cuts repos, increases reliance on warehouse borrowing
Drawdown from expanded revolving line helps cut $2bn of costly overnight funding
Fed spares US Bancorp tighter liquidity straitjacket
Having committed to category II standards by end-2024, bank risked incurring LCR shortfall
Opra outages cause consternation in options markets
UBS warned clients they were looking at “bad data” on options screens