Equities
The UK’s path to EU equivalence: détente or detour?
Race to meet post-Brexit cross-border trading requirements will go down to the wire
Systemic US banks’ trading portfolios swell 10% in 2019
US Treasuries held-for-trading soar 28% on Q4 2018
Rates trading revenues up 154% at top US banks
Net gains on interest rates-related exposures top $21 billion
Exploring new investment prospects in volatile markets
Custom and traditional proprietary indexes have been growing in popularity and actively transforming the investment landscape. Financial products linked to indexes are thriving, enabling more efficient access to the market, whether it is equity, bonds or…
Who killed FX volatility?
Beyond central bank policy, traders see a range of hidden structural factors at work
Equity gains bolster EU hedge funds’ portfolios
Funds were net sellers of equities, but market gains added +10% to balance sheet values
Hedging incentives for financial institutions
Using a simple model, this paper derives two results that provide guiding principles for hedging by, and capital regulation of, financial institutions.
Haitong taps NLP to inform collateral coverage
Hong Kong broker scours news and blogs in bid for better corporate signals in China’s opaque markets
Smarter trading in a fragmented world
FX Week recently hosted a webinar in partnership with Refinitiv to ask foreign exchange industry leaders to discuss geopolitical challenges, market changes and developments, and evolving technologies, and how they have shaped forex markets in Asia
Initial margin – A regulatory bottleneck
With the recent announcement of an extended preparation period for those smaller entities needing to post initial margin under the uncleared margin rules, the new timetable could cause a bottleneck for firms busy repapering derivatives contracts linked…
Will uncleared margin rules change the FX landscape?
As the next phases of uncleared margin rules come into force, there will be an economic driver for more clearing of FX. By Phil Hermon, Executive Director of FX Products at CME Group
Yield-hungry investors shirk bail-in bond buffet
Banks fear the buy-side’s appetite for MREL debt is on the wane
IM phase five – Smaller on bang, bigger on complexity
The initial margin ‘big bang’ may have been reined in by last-minute relief, but dealers aiming to get hundreds of buy-side firms over the documentation finish line by September 1, 2020 fear a compliance bottleneck
The Fundamentals of market risk rules
With the 2022 Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB) deadline looming, banks are fast coming to grips with the amount of work still to be done to achieve a successful implementation
Equities flow market-maker of the year: Citadel Securities
Risk Awards 2020: US giant boosts client-facing European business into second spot by market share
Sandbar's focus on idiosyncratic factors sets it apart from its peers in equity market‑neutral
With investors sometimes struggling to find hedge funds that deliver uncorrelated, consistent returns, Sandbar Asset Management stands out from its peers. Its success in running an equity market-neutral strategy is a reflection of its founder and chief…
Opening the buy-side liquidity pool
Vikash Rughani, business manager at triReduce and triBalance, outlines a new approach enabling buy- and sell-side participants to optimise the transition of legacy Libor over-the-counter swaps contracts to alternative reference rates
Prime services – It’s about what you bring
There are many benefits to integration – particularly when it comes to the provision of prime services. Societe Generale has followed this path, which has allowed it to improve cost efficiency and improve the range of products it can offer. The bank has…
Navigating the impact of climate risk on financial stability
As uncertainty abounds on the impact climate change may have on the industry, financial services firms must best equip themselves for potential regulatory and socioeconomic changes to ensure they maximise the opportunities of embracing new best practices…
Crash risk exposure, diversification and cost of equity capital: evidence from a natural experiment in China
Based on a broad sample of Chinese listed firms for the period 2001–10, this study investigates the effect of stock price crash risk exposure on the cost of equity capital and uses the split share structure reform as an exogenous shock to test whether…
Lease finance accounting – A new standard
International Financial Reporting Standard 16 came into effect on January 1. The impact of the new standard can be felt across all industries, particularly those that rely heavily on rentals and leasing as part of their core business. A global leader in…
