Interest rate derivatives
CFTC frees amended legacy swaps from margin net
US no-action relief for compression-triggered replacement trades spurs hope for EU alignment
Libor leaders: Prudential takes SOFR for a test drive
Test trades have allowed US insurer to start getting used to a life without Libor
A mystery: why did the NY Fed use a survey to get SOFR?
Almost a week later, still no word on why SOFR was set using a market survey instead of submissions
FCA: Sonia derivatives liquid enough to create term rates
Andrew Bailey says a forward-looking rate can work, but its use should be limited
Giancarlo bows out with regulatory deference
Move comes amid row between US and European policymakers over cross-border CCP regulation
Short-term bets push interest rate option volumes higher
Open interest in short-dated contracts surges 23% from December to March
Wrong-way risk of interest rate instruments
This paper investigates wrong-way risk effects on the pricing of counterparty credit risk for interest rate instruments.
Banks quiet on Libor legacy transition, say Asian clients
Hong Kong Electric Company and APG Asia say dealer engagement on amending products is limited
Talk of delaying IM ‘big bang’ sparks backlash
EC official's recent comments may hamper compliance preparations, dealers say
Evolution or extinction: Ice swap rate’s post-Libor quandary
Thin liquidity in SOFR swaps imperils reference rate for $40 trillion swaptions market
Swaps users mull ‘big bang’ for SOFR discounting
Cleared and bilateral US dollar swaps could move to SOFR discounting on the same day in 2020
LCH basis swap templates may aid Libor conversion
Compression providers say new templates will make risk replacement trades more efficient
OTC derivatives amounts sank in H2 2018
Fair values down 6% over second half of 2018, 72% from peak
Prep now for one-day lag in Eonia, market told
Overnight batch calculations will have to run during the day, following change to doomed benchmark
Critical EU benchmarks to be approved by year-end
Authorisation of Euribor is being expedited and could be granted in the summer
No-deal Brexit could force European swaps trading to US venues
Lack of equivalence between UK and EU regimes would create “conflicting obligations” for large dealers
Fixing floaters: how the 10y10y rate can save FRNs
Experts from Crédit Agricole’s rates team explain how use of a forward euro fixing can bring positive carry and improve coupons
Libor-in-arrears swaps face unwinds on benchmark death
Backward-looking fallbacks are incompatible with the product, which relies on forward rates
MetLife executes $250 million SOFR-linked repo
Isda AGM: US insurer's hedging chief says systems issues hindering its use of derivatives, however
FSB says fallbacks should kick in if Libor no longer accurate
Isda plans to consult on what to do if a benchmark is no longer representative of underlying markets
LCH SwapClear swells client list by 10%
Number of client accounts hits 21,220
Dealers consider ditching FRAs prior to Libor’s death
Forward rate agreements won’t work with backward-looking rates; banks explore single period swaps instead
Jumbo SOFR swaps herald new world of repo betting
Swaps traders told to “learn repo market dynamics” as market catches glimpse of new trading strategy
Dealers seek clarity on buy-side IM relief
Hundreds of buy-side firms may still need to calculate margin and get models approved