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FCMs welcome CFTC margin rule ring-fencing clarification
Final rule on separate accounts replicates no-action relief as Republicans strip out gold plate
‘Street Fighter’ Sef RTX grows in interdealer swaps market
Focus on functionality and fees helped volumes on start-up venue from Cawley and Jonns jump fivefold last year
How UBS sold off non-core equity assets at lightning speed
More than 40 auctions have been completed since Credit Suisse acquisition, with a little help from a T-Rex
Why did UK keep the pension fund clearing exemption?
Liquidity concerns, desire for higher returns and clearing capacity all possible reasons for going its own way
Housing price diffusion study offers lessons for quants – Bouchaud
Patterns seen in how heat spreads also show up in markets, research shows
BoE warns over risk of system-wide cyber attack
Senior policy official Carolyn Wilkins also expresses concern over global fragmentation of bank regulation
Isda to finalise drafting updated FX definitions this year
New definitions on disruption events and fallbacks are core focus
UBS’s Iabichino holds a mirror to bank funding risks
Framing funding management as an optimal control problem affords an alternative to proxy hedging
SG looks beyond equity derivatives in new markets push
French bank aims to expand fixed income business to achieve “more stable” revenues across asset mix
HKMA’s renminbi repo plans boost hopes for onshore access
Market participants optimistic that new provisions for offshore repos of onshore bonds is first step towards mainland access
Op risk data: Mastercard schooled in £200m class action
Also: Mitsubishi copper crunch, TD tops 2024 op risk loss table. Data by ORX News
Euro swap spread volatility challenges Bund’s hedging role
German Bunds face scrutiny as euro swap spreads turn negative, forcing traders to rethink hedging strategies
UBS sterling rates head departs
Ian Hale left the Swiss bank in December
Diversification of LDI liquidity buffers sparks debate
Funds using credit assets to top up collateral waterfall, but some risk managers are sceptical
Bloomberg offers auto-RFQ chat feed – but banks want a bigger prize
Traders hope for unfettered access to IB chat so they can build their own AI-enhanced trading tools
Intrum auction gives CDS buyers minimal payout
Outcome seen as success for market that needed to adjust auction terms amid ongoing restructuring
South Korea’s FX reforms working amid political crisis, dealers say
Martial law presented first test for reforms aimed at boosting deliverable KRW market
BNY hires Deutsche Bank’s Wu to revamp e-trading
New York-based bank is combining e-FX spot, e-FX forwards trading and strats group
Calpers adds machine learning specialist Simonian
Champion of using AI and game theory in investing risk management joins US public fund
Transforming stress-testing with AI
Firms can update their stress-testing capability by harnessing automated scenario generation, says fintech advocate
CDS market awaits uncertain Intrum auction result
Swedish firm’s restructuring deal limits flexibility in settling contracts, risking curbs on payouts
Amazon, Meta and Tesla reject FX hedging
Risk.net study shows tech giants don’t hedge day-to-day exposures
Trump 2.0 bank supervision: simpler but no soft touch?
Republican FDIC vice-chair Travis Hill wants more focus on financial risk instead of process
Iosco mimics industry codes to tackle pre-hedging dilemma
Advocates breathe sigh of relief, but Iosco release carries suggested restrictions
China finalises IM rules but gaps remain
Largest banks and insurers must start posting from 2027, but details for securities houses are yet to appear
Lots to fear, including fear itself
Binary scenarios for key investment risks in this year’s Top 10 are worrying buy-siders