Clearing
Libor leaders: how seven firms are tackling the transition
BMO, Prudential, Associated British Ports, LCH and others reveal their plans to move off troubled benchmark
Libor leaders: BMO sets the pace in RFR transition
Early mover switches £10 billion of pension liability swap hedges to Sonia
JSCC default funds shrink $1.7 billion in Q1
The CCP reported 281 clearing members at end-March
Esma takes flak over vague CCP enhanced supervision plans
JP Morgan calls for more quantitative thresholds for determining systemic foreign CCPs
Giancarlo bows out with regulatory deference
Move comes amid row between US and European policymakers over cross-border CCP regulation
Emergency docs: funds rush to meet EU’s revised Emir rules
Isda asks for six-month extension as previously exempt funds hit with margin requirements
Outsourcers, IM delay and machine learning
The week on Risk.net, May 25–31, 2019
DTCC in talks to clear MarketAxess bond trades
Market-first move could cut platform’s costs and counterparty risks
RJ O’Brien’s chief risk officer on margin models and clearing
CME’s looming switch to VAR model will have pronounced effect on broker and its clients, says Brad Giemza
JP Morgan cleared swaps balloon $8trn in Q1
Total G-Sib cleared notionals climb 23% in three months to end-March
LCH veteran Davie set to depart
Clearer looking to fill new role in head of SwapClear and listed rates
Swaps users mull ‘big bang’ for SOFR discounting
Cleared and bilateral US dollar swaps could move to SOFR discounting on the same day in 2020
No more delays on Mifid open access, EU regulator says
European authority confirms July 2020 start date, reigniting argument over market stability versus competition
Born again: Citi’s forex prime brokerage
After a $180 million gut-punch, the apex brokerage is now evangelising to amused rivals about the perils of mispricing
JP Morgan hoovers up $1.5bn of client margin in Q1
Total required client margin held by bank increases 13% quarter-on-quarter
Swaps data: IM grows in listed and OTC markets
Data shows fourth-quarter jump in IM across all product groups and after-effects of Nasdaq losses
SEC may allow wider cross-margining of single-name CDS
Banks want to cross-margin single-name CDS against options, indexes and cash products
LCH basis swap templates may aid Libor conversion
Compression providers say new templates will make risk replacement trades more efficient
HSBC led EU G-Sibs on collateralisation in 2018
UK bank posted €908 billion for derivatives and SFTs as of year-end
LCH plans major forex clearing expansion
CCP to tackle cash-settled options, deliverable swaps and standalone service for deliverable forwards
Eurex cross-currency swap clearing faces continued delays
Clearing house eyes June release; dealers voice concerns over liquidity and margining
Don’t fear the clearer
Wider use of CCPs not systemic threat – but participants do face hard-to-measure risks
HKEX clearing head talks margin and auctions post-Nasdaq
CCPs have work to do to restore confidence in clearing, but Roland Chai has a plan
Top CCPs add $79 billion to liquidity pool in 2018
Clearing houses placed more cash with commercial banks than in 2017