Credit default swaps
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
Monthly swaps data review: credit volumes peak in June
Global cleared credit derivatives volumes reached $1 trillion before ebbing in July
Banks say Europe’s CVA proxy-spread plans lack flexibility
Dealers welcome EBA proposals but say limited number of eligible counterparties means few benefits
Initial margin estimations for credit default swap portfolios
This paper presents a clearinghouse framework to establish initial margin requirements for portfolios of credit default swap instruments.
CME to pass on Ice CDS administration charges
Clearing house to hike CDS index trade fees from July after Ice’s determinations committee takeover
Buy side fuels boom in single-name CDS clearing
Ice single-name CDS volumes double year on year following switch to semi-annual rolls
Ice to clear single-name bank CDSs from April 10
US participants will be able to start clearing CDSs referencing Ice clearing members
Feet of Clayton
New SEC chairman split between presidential deregulation agenda and filling holes in existing rules
iHeart CDS saga sparks debate over credit rules
Trigger decision highlights product's weaknesses, warns Milbank’s Williams
‘A choreographed ballet’: academics attack CVA
Derivatives add-on rubbished by Cont and Rebonato
TLAC-driven CDS index change tipped for September
UK and Swiss bank Holdco CDSs likely inclusions in next iTraxx index roll, say strategists
Silent running: on the trail of the SEC’s missing CDS rules
The mysterious fate of the apocryphal 2013 clearing proposal, and what comes next
Buy side must clear hurdles to revive CDS liquidity
Some firms forced to watch from sidelines as voluntary clearing of single-name CDSs takes off
Clearing house of the year: LCH
Risk Awards 2017: CCP enjoys stellar year for volumes, and demonstrates willingness to adapt following Brexit stresses
Credit portfolio manager of the year: BNP Paribas
Risk Awards 2017: Guarantees and insurance help French bank cut RWAs by €3bn – and limit use of CDSs
OTC client clearer of the year: Citi
Risk Awards 2017: FCM makes its voice heard as business booms
LCH to clear single-name CDSs for US clients
Paris-based CDSClear already in discussions to onboard its first US FCM
Fears that bumper coupon could skew iHeart CDS payouts
Market pushes for change to auction date amid fears of reduced single-name and index CDS payouts
Bank CDSs straining under TLAC
UK and Swiss bank Opco CDSs losing relevance as a hedging tool, experts warn
Lawyers disagree over iHeart CDS trigger
Isda DC to consider whether non-payment of debt held by an affiliate is a failure-to-pay event