Forwards
Blockchain startup Symbiont files for bankruptcy
Clients included Citi, State Street and Vanguard
Bailed-out Uniper suffered €14bn derivatives markdown in H1
Company cut value of gas forwards contracts due to risk of reduced deliveries from Russia
FX hedging dilemma vexes corporates as costs spiral
High volatility jacks up option prices, forcing firms to reconsider hedging activities
Nomura targets smaller Chinese banks after first CFETS trade
Japanese bank is one of seven offshore FX dealers offering G10 pricing on China’s interbank market
SA-CCR could spur move to FX futures
Impact of new capital rules on swaps pricing could see shift to the exchange-traded product, say panellists
Curbs on hedging threaten to short-circuit Bulb sale
Insolvent energy supplier is barred from holding long-dated forwards – which could deter potential buyers
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
Norway oil fund’s derivatives book balloons 192% in H2 2021
Sovereign wealth fund GPFG piled up FX and IR contracts and tapped CDS for the first time
Traders turn to ruble NDFs to avoid sanctions trouble
Basis between physical and non-deliverable trades hits record high as users shun local currency
Structured products house of the year: Citi
Risk awards 2022: Future-proofing against jack-knife market moves gives US giant the edge with clients
How do you solve a problem like the lira?
Asset managers diverge in their approach to managing Turkish currency turmoil as FX hedging costs soar
US dollar Libor transition: a new countdown in motion
With almost all Libor settings discontinued at the end of 2021, Philip Whitehurst, head of service development, rates at LCH, addresses what’s ahead for the final US dollar Libor transition to risk-free rates, what has and hasn’t been achieved so far,…
UK Treasury urged to allow failed energy firms to hedge
Bulb can’t buy wholesale electricity and gas more than two weeks in advance, leaving it exposed to price hikes
Vanguard eyes DLT for FX forwards after smart contract success
Fund giant hopes roll-out of tech in 2022 will deliver greater efficiency and pricing benefits
Morgan Stanley solidifies forwards lead as Citi and BNP slip
Counterparty Radar: Non-G10 pairs regain momentum despite dip in total positions in Q3
Lack of incentives slow uptake of deliverable FX clearing
Absence of regulatory drivers and use of prime brokerage curbing demand, say panellists
Losing their hedge: why so many UK energy suppliers went bust
Hedging strategies were powerless to protect firms from runaway energy price rises
Interest rate derivatives house of the year: Deutsche Bank
Asia Risk Awards 2021
Jumbo trades propel BNPP, TD up forwards rankings
Counterparty Radar: In Q1 2021 data, outsiders are eating into US banks’ business with domestic funds
FX forwards and swaps
LCH’s Kah Yang Chong, head of FX Emea product, and James Shanahan, head of FX quantitative analytics, discuss whether clearing of FX forwards and swaps – so far limited by requirements under UMR – will provide the efficiencies market participants need
Isda disputes excessive FRTB charges for carbon trading
EU carbon certificates show lower volatility and higher netting than Basel approach assumes
UK banks interest rate swap exposures fall £711bn
Credit derivatives exposures bucked the downward trend, growing 16% quarter on quarter