Credit derivatives
OTC derivatives hit $730 trillion peak in H1 2024
Interest rate and FX derivatives drive notional spike
Law firm of the year: Linklaters
Risk Awards 2025: Law firm’s work helped buttress markets for credit derivatives, clearing and digital assets
CDS market revamp aims to fix the (de)faults
Proposed makeover for determinations committees tackles concerns over conflicts of interest
Barclays disputes CDS committee decision ahead of auction
Representing the bank, law firm Milbank argues the committee’s approach risks constraining the market and goes against expectations
Deutsche curbs CVA charges to record low
Addition of hedges in Q2 helps cut RWAs by 26%, outpacing other European banks
Credit options notional for top US dealers soars 45.3%
Investor demand for puts and calls drives balances near Q1 2022 record
China CDS users slow to embrace new credit event panel
Decisions from Nafmii determinations committee yet to be switched on in agreements
New CDS index aims to broaden hedging of US bank exposure
CDX Financials will include inactive or untraded single names referencing smaller institutions
Cleared rate for CDSs dropped in H2 2023
Record five-percentage point decline driven by multi-name contracts
CDS review seeks to tackle conflicts ‘elephant’
Isda AGM: Linklaters proposes overhaul for determinations committee - including independent members
Industry pushes to extend review for Emir active accounts rule
Fears that compressed timeframe leaves less than a year to test if controversial policy is working
Traders eye negative CDS-bond basis
Changed market dynamic can be profitable for those firms able to capture it
Hedge funds push for transparency in credit determinations
Proposals include more disclosure around meetings and detailed rulings of credit events
Judge hits pause on CDS auction-rigging lawsuit
Proceedings now wait for New York court ruling on a separate 2015 settlement’s applicability
UK tiptoes away from Europe on bank CDS transparency
Only a small number of instruments are affected, but some worry it will distort competition
How to account for banks’ contribution to CO2 emissions
Price adjustments will depend on individual counterparties’ carbon footprints
US funds add to single-name CDS positions
Counterparty Radar: Corporate positions exceed SSA contracts for first time on record in Q2
US banks ditch IR futures as appetite for swaps booms
Notional for futures craters 19% in Q2, hitting lowest in at least seven years
Vue gives private credit another reason to shun CDSs
Lenders prefer to hold risk themselves and recent issues suggest incompatibility with private markets
Talking Heads 2023: A turf war in credit markets
Banks are looking to reclaim territory they previously ceded to market-makers and private funds
RBC’s credit derivatives book grows fourfold on market-making push
Notionals of credit protection sold and purchased have ballooned 236% and 382% respectively since October 2022