Collateral
Custody Risk Autumn 2014
No alternative to fund administration consolidation
State Street beats JP Morgan as second-biggest custodian
Growth in assets under custody gains momentum in past year
US energy firms cheer regulators’ shift on margin rule
New proposal exempts non-financial end-users from margin requirement
A bill of goods: central counterparties and systemic risk
Volume 2, Issue 4 (2014)
SuperDerivatives: Asia favoured by OTC regulatory arbitrage
Lower trading costs could tempt funds, managers and dealers
Sponsored video interview: RiskVal's Jordan Hu
Nominated for two technology awards
Dealers charging FVA on collateralised swaps
If collateral cannot easily be repoed, dealers say funding charge should apply
Euroclear criticises non-neutral industry utilities
Major CCPs part of profit-maximising, exchange-owned entities
Sponsored video interview: Multifonds' Oded Weiss
Nominated for post trade technology award
US eases leverage ratio impact on swaps
JP Morgan says new approach boosted ratio by up to 20bp
Split reaction to international firms' Asia clearing plans
Eurex's Singapore CCP finds favour with market, CME less so
Benchmarking European repo markets
Sponsored forum: Stoxx
Collateral thinking – The impact of central clearing on insurers’ assets
Sponsored roundtable: BNY Mellon
Nomura books ¥10 billion FVA loss
Japanese bank follows JP Morgan and Deutsche Bank by incorporating funding costs into derivatives valuation
Isda forced to rework year-old standard CSA
Regulation hits key element of landmark collateral contract - but planned revisions will reintroduce settlement risk
The readiness of market community in Europe to report to trade repositories
Sponsored video Q&A: DTCC
Basel leverage ratio may force CSA restructuring
Cash collateral can only reduce derivatives exposure if it matches the currency of the underlying swap, threatening existing CSAs and even the new standard CSA
Interest rate derivatives house of the year: Goldman Sachs
Interest rate derivatives house of the year: Goldman Sachs
Insurance risk manager of the year: Axa
Axa moved early to address lapse risk concerns – now a pressing issue for the French insurance sector – and has also been vocal on regulatory change
VAB’s Winter: Collateral rules risk derivatives and liquidity
Regulating collateral
Pension funds and the collateral crisis
Rising interest rates could leave pension funds facing huge margin requirements, creating an acute liquidity crisis
Ucits derivatives use hamstrung by collateral rules
Asset managers call on regulators to amend Ucits rules
Fed discount window could resolve CCP collateral liquidity concerns, say clearers
US regulatory concerns about liquidity of government securities collateral could be resolved by access to the Fed’s discount window, CCP officials say
Bank initial margin posting raises liquidation concerns
Initial fears