Blockchain
Intraday FX swaps could signal new dawn for liquidity management
Seedling market could help banks pre-fund payments in near-real time and reduce HQLA requirements
MMF margin adoption needed to boost tokenisation efforts
Instruments must be more widely accepted as initial margin for new tech initiatives to take off, says JPM exec
The trade-off between shorter settlement times and multilateral netting benefits in deferred net settlement
This paper investigates settlement windows in multilateral netting in the US equity markets, finding that there is no material loss of multilateral netting benefits for windows over an hour.
BoE warns against use of stablecoins in banking
Tokenised payment systems pose compliance and systemic risks, regulator says
Could intraday FX swaps help reduce settlement risk?
New swap platform hopes to ease funding pains, but can it promote more use of PvP?
On-chain FX’s brave new world excites some, worries others
Trading tokenised versions of currencies on blockchain could slash settlement risk but sceptics raise concerns over liquidity and pricing
UBS found no advantage in quantum computing – ex data chief
Swiss bank tested various use cases in the trading business before giving up on the technology
Real-time repo needed for non-stop trading – DRW’s Wilson
Isda AGM: Veteran trader warns of “ugly tail risks” if market plumbing is not upgraded
Isda’s fork provision gives crypto market plenty to chew over
Not everyone is happy with the discretion new digital definitions offer to calculation agents
Token effort is no blockchain boon for illiquid assets
Cash-like tokenised instruments find takers; initiatives based on less liquid assets struggle to take off
Crypto custody faces regulatory death-roll
New measures to safeguard digital assets threaten to squeeze the life out of custody business, insiders fear
Market blocked in by volume caps on European DLT regime
Limited scope of pilot project risks holding back issuer and depository participation
DTCC’s blockchain for CDS trades finds no takers
Clients shun DLT connectivity to centralised swaps database in favour of the cloud
Dealers eye benefits of ‘on-chain’ FX
Automated market-makers are already used for EUR/USD trades – now can they tackle settlement risk?
Crypto gets to grips with interest rate swaps
New derivatives provide synthetic access to staking yields and are being used in structured products
Stablecoins: good as the buck, or breaking the buck?
Collateral concerns and iffy auditing have raised fears of a ‘de-pegging’ event – and possible contagion across crypto and beyond
Blockchain startup Symbiont files for bankruptcy
Clients included Citi, State Street and Vanguard
Broken chains: how DLT code switch compounded ASX fail
Vendors deemed to suffer most in fallout from “paused” blockchain settlement project
Fed official confirms US targeting 2025 for Basel III adoption
US regulators also preparing more guidance on concentration risk for outsourcing providers
Are decentralised exchanges the future for trading?
Success of blockchain venues has implications even beyond crypto
Basel crypto capital plan threatens banks’ DLT projects
Proposed infrastructure add-on could make blockchain settlement and payment systems non-viable