Credit default swaps
SEC’s Stein sounds alarm on portfolio margining
Comment period on single-name CDSs is covert attempt at rulemaking, regulator says
SEC finally moves forward on single-name CDS dealer rules
Commissioner Peirce wants rest of dealer regime completed within “weeks”, but no word on clearing
EU funds net sellers of single-name CDS protection
60% of UCITS funds' single-name CDS gross notional exposures were sell contracts in October 2017
Swaps data: OTC margin up; futures margin down
Swaps initial margin jumps 22% year-on-year, against surprise fall in futures margin, writes Amir Khwaja of Clarus FT
Swaps data: the big get bigger in cleared swaps
First half of 2018 sees strong growth in cleared OTC derivatives volumes, writes Amir Khwaja of Clarus FT
Ice single-name clearing surge defies market trend
Ice Clear Credit open interest grows 31%
Banks fear loss of Emir intragroup exemptions
Firms would have to clear or margin transactions with affiliates in non-equivalent jurisdictions
Hedge funds cut CDS positions as basis trades diminish
Net long CDS positions fell by $117 billion from mid-2014 to end-2017
CDS market structure transformed – BIS
Inter-dealer trades have retreated as CCP dominance grows
CFTC probed CDS market under last enforcement head
Goelman compares manufactured payouts to match-fixing, and says CFTC has jurisdiction to bring case
Over half of CDS contracts cleared – BIS
Non-cleared trades continue downward slide
Lord Abbett turns to Deutsche for CDSs
German lender increases share of fund's CDS portfolio
Fixing CDSs: lots of patches, no magic wand
Isda response to Hovnanian controversy could open new loopholes, traders warn
CFTC set to partner with SEC on CDS supervision
Move could open the door to single-name clearing mandate, say experts
MUFG launches CDS franchise in US with bet on volatility
Clearing helps Japanese bank branch out into US single names
LCH plans to let banks clear self-referencing CDSs
Move will facilitate index arbitrage trades and put CDSClear one step ahead of rival Ice, note FCMs
Credit data: the Trump effect on PDs
The war on coal is over, according to the US president – and the effect can be seen in banks' default estimates
Blackstone-Hovnanian CDS deal revives credit rules debate
Rumoured triggering-for-financing arrangement sparks calls for more legal protection for sellers
Credit derivatives house of the year: Goldman Sachs
Risk Awards 2018: US bank’s credit re-organisation opened door to wider client base, new products and some jumbo trades
Banks eye synthetic securitisation to cut IFRS 9 loan-loss spikes
New structures would help mitigate estimated 44% increase in loan-loss provisions from revised accounting framework
DTCC’s Bodson on blockchain, SDRs and repo clearing
Risk30: swap data reporting will move to a distributed ledger platform in early 2018
Systemic risk management in financial networks with credit default swaps
In this paper the authors study insolvency cascades in an interbank system, in which banks are permitted to insure their loans with credit default swaps sold by other banks.
CDS surcharge touted to aid systemic stability
Charges would encourage systemic banks to buy protection from less significant players