Bilateral trade
Simm casts off Covid pain for $40 billion IM reprieve
Recalibration cuts risk weights in equity and commodities, but some credit exposures double on ABX halt
HSBC leads global uptick in OTC derivatives clearing
Systemic banks cleared record €250 trillion in notionals in 2022
Citi, JP Morgan slash $3tn of OTC notionals in Q2
Trimming of cleared portfolios bucks trend across top US banks
Rate of cleared OTC derivatives rises at European banks
Swedbank leads dealers in secular trend towards clearing space
Regulatory confusion clouds first annual IM recalculation
Firms dropping out of scope may need to continue posting non-cleared margin in some jurisdictions
Simm’s first off-cycle rejig hits non-cleared rates
Recalibration lifts initial margin for some products by 37% after year-end volatility forces update
Regional banks face soaring term SOFR spreads
Bid/offers hit 10bp as dealers price counterparty risk into non-cleared Libor transition trades
OTC share of EU gas derivatives surges to 25%
Energy price cap may supercharge flight from ETDs and affect CCPs’ ability to manage risks, Esma warns
Living with SA-CCR, one year on
Collateral agreements and FX futures may be some of the ways to tackle increased capital costs
Risk solutions house of the year: BNP Paribas
Risk Awards 2023: Liquidity swaps provided safety net for European utilities at height of energy crisis
LSEG bolsters non-cleared ambitions with Acadia deal
Exchange group plans to build ‘a clearing house for the non-cleared world’, says LCH CEO Maguire
SOFR remains elusive in US dollar collateral agreements
Derivatives users slow to amend CSAs amid market volatility and looming Libor deadline
OTC clearing rebounded at G-Sibs in 2021
Trend reverses as bilateral settlement of OTC derivatives loses previous year’s gains
Margin for non-cleared European energy trades to jump 80%
Annual recalibration of Simm could catapult some energy firms over relief thresholds
Margin costs leap on Simm rejig and rates hikes
Acadia finds roughly one-third jump in exposure following Simm recalibration, with higher funding costs adding to burden
The ghost of Archegos returns to haunt Simm
UK regulator’s attack on Simm may have more to do with the failed family office than meets the eye
PRA’s pot shots threaten Simm’s global ubiquity
UK regulator’s push to improve model governance could tip non-cleared derivatives market into chaos
Phase six margin cohort may exceed estimates as vol bites
Acadia sees numbers around one-third higher than initial count, with fewer set to rely on relief
UK offers six-month margin reprieve for China netting sweep
Transition period falls short of Isda’s 18-month request, Hong Kong mulls similar relief
Commodities threaten pain for initial margins
Market volatility and spot-based Simm approach may drive large margin spikes in little-tested asset class
BNY Mellon offers ‘seg-light’ custody model to aid IM prep
Pre-prepared docs would cut unnecessary account fees and reduce risk of trading halts