Collateral
Who blew up gas prices? (It wasn’t just Russia)
Government buying, climate risk and short squeezes may have led to ‘horrendous’ gas market margin calls
Pensions regulator plays down LDI risk to EU
Eiopa doubts UK gilt market chaos could occur to same degree in Europe
Fragile liquidity puts markets in ‘danger zone’
Some measures of trading conditions are as poor as in 2008
Pension funds brace for end of BoE intervention
Funds boost collateral buffers by as much as 300bp, as October 14 deadline looms
Esma renews Mifid pursuit of energy firms amid crisis
Utility companies worry about high and volatile capital requirements if they are caught under IFR
Pension funds foresaw margin meltdown (a decade ago)
Years of warnings went largely unheeded. Questions may now spread to post-crisis clearing and margining project
BoE intervention whipsaws pension funds that dumped hedges
Unhedged funds saw liabilities rise by up to 20% when rates pulled back
Collateral manager of the year: BNY Mellon
Asia Risk Awards 2022
Ice to accept EUAs as collateral
Emissions certificates accepted to offset short EUA futures positions, subject to 14-day comment period
Banks face capital hit on broader energy market collateral
Non-standard clearing house margin for energy trades would increase RWAs unless relief granted
European pension funds must start clearing next year – EC
Exemption preventing pension funds from mandatory clearing will come to an end permanently in June 2023
EU plan to suspend power derivatives gets icy response
Proposal from energy ministers to ease collateral burdens blasted as “silly” and “terrible idea”
Credit checks, what credit checks? How crypto lending ate itself
Collapse of hedge fund Three Arrows Capital exposes “sloppy and irresponsible” credit standards among crypto lenders
How Citi is handling topsy-turvy rates markets
Talking Heads 2022: Rate hikes and inflation have forced a rethink of the US bank’s hedging strategies
Banks begin China close-out netting work after Isda opinion
Rise in collateralised transactions will be next step, dealers say
Buy-side retreats to ‘dirty’ CSAs amid collateral crunch
Repo market fears prompt insurers and pension funds to revert to bond collateral
‘Repo by the minute’ could reshape lending – but not quite yet
Blockchain-based platforms from JP Morgan and Broadridge offer smart contracts that enable intraday repo
Why fears about quantitative tightening are overblown
The benefits of collateral availability may outweigh the monetary liquidity withdrawn by central banks
JP Morgan extends run as top repo dealer to US funds
Counterparty Radar: New data shows wide variation in haircuts, with biggest clients – like BlackRock and Pimco – getting best terms
Swap rate: cash-settled swaptions in the fallback
A fallback pricing method that reduces vanilla swaptions’ complexity is introduced
How to stop stablecoins from hoarding precious collateral
Repo markets expert and crypto bank chief exec think Fed reserves are the right answer
Is Citi’s SA-CCR hit a sign of things to come?
Higher capital costs for dealing in uncollateralised FX swaps and forwards could impact banks and clients alike
Fortunes of VAR: dealers decry effect of war on risk models
European banks with large Russian derivatives exposures face risk of backtesting exceptions – and higher capital requirements
Isda set to draft China netting opinion
Banks could be in a position to turn on close-out netting in China by third quarter