Asset management
Fund industry defends use of credit lines as liquidity backstop
Concerns about systemic risk unjustified, say asset managers
Johnson-Omega performance measure
Alexander Passow presents a portfolio performance measure that combines the omega measure with Johnson distributions
Clearing fees up for 60% of swaps users due to leverage ratio
Survey of US asset managers reveals higher costs and reduced access to clearing
Independent asset managers lag bank, insurer-owned peers on op risk
Capital requirements incentivise banks and insurers to enhance op risk management
Asset managers push CFTC for more relief on position limits
Funds welcome aggregation tweaks but urge regulator to go further
Repo stay extension raises questions for buy side
Resolution stays extended to repo and securities lending contracts
Lack of average pricing holding back Clobs, says buy side
Sefs, FCMs and CCPs not interested in finding a solution, however
Mifid II threatens best execution data 'nightmare'
Buy- and sell-side critics attack requirement to publish all RFQs
Richard Jackson joins Alphadyne
Deutsche's former European flow rates head joins asset manager
Buy side held back by confusion on cross-trading swaps
CFTC's swap trading rules hamper internalisation, lawyers say
Index providers clash over evolution of multi-factor products
Battle of ideas on how best to offer new wave of smart beta exposures heats up
Banks hope for Mifid reprieve on fixed-income research
Intervention by France, Germany, UK could bring about “more considerate treatment”
Interdealer brokers need to change, say critics
“I’m just a good guy and I buy you a beer” is no longer enough
Hidden price pressures grow in euro swap market
Clients face wider bid/offer spreads, as dealers struggle to find liquid hedges
Liquidity events becoming more common, buy-siders claim
US Treasury market has seen eight intraday moves exceeding five standard deviations since 2012
Brokers defy BlackRock over average pricing on Sefs
"We're lions, not zebras," says Icap's Paulhac
Credit Suisse pulls out of forex prime brokerage
Swiss dealer the latest to exit the business
Mandate for change: asset management after Solvency II
Insurers are adjusting relationships with managers ahead of directive
Indexing multi-asset solutions
This paper explores the potential role of multi-asset solutions in the indexing landscape as well as challenges in constructing multi-asset indexes
Finma distribution rules confuse hedge funds
Small foreign asset managers suspected of breaching Swiss regulations
Constâncio suggests new shadow bank powers for Esma
Vice-president says securities regulator could be given new powers
Q&A: Standard Life's Singh on changes in risk management
Regulation and tough markets put risk centre-stage, says CRO
Capital markets in Japan unconvinced of big data’s potential
Firms discuss ways to make better use of data glut
Highlights from Isda's 2015 AGM
Risk.net's coverage of Isda's 30th annual general meeting