Repo
BNP Paribas again leads eurozone banks on repo exposures
French bank increased exposures 69% over the first six months of the year
Tri-party repo trades backed by GSE debt gain popularity
Agency bond trades made up 37% of total tri-party transactions on September 4
Tougher OTC trading conditions to persist, say European banks
Seventy-three per cent of respondents expect tight price and non-price terms through September
Inside the Fed’s secret liquidity stress tests
Lobbyists and Quarles train sights on horizontal exams that can shape bank risk appetite
Mind the tax when hedging TRS
New model gauges whether deals are still profitable, after taxes
Attention turns to Esma after UK quashes CSDR buy-ins
Esma launched informal review just before UK Treasury opted out of settlement regime
Funding adjustments in equity linear products
How tax asymmetries and Tobin tax affect the pricing of total return swaps
Investors at the gates: MMF reforms fail the Covid test
After MMF rescues return, regulators urged to rethink rules on gates and sponsor support
Non-operational deposits flooded US G-Sibs in Q1
JP Morgan also sees a big jump in its maturity mismatch add-on
Swaps books of top US dealers bulged in Q1
Citi increased derivatives exposures by $25.5 billion quarter-on-quarter
CSDR buy-ins – next on the regulatory chopping block?
A big jump in trade fails is adding to doubts about the EU’s settlement discipline regime
Fed dominated MMF repo trades in March
FICC and BNP Paribas among other top repo counterparties
Wells Fargo loan book swells $48bn in Q1
San Francisco-based bank clears space on balance sheet for increased lending
How the Fed’s asset cap changed Wells Fargo
Lender has expanded repo book and cut cash since Q4 2017
Banks fear time-limit on Fed leverage ratio reprieve
Capital constraints not covered by relief also weigh on balance sheet strategy
Money funds turn to Fed facility amid record inflows
MMFs are accepting 0% returns and waiving management fees to avoid ‘breaking the buck’
Sluggish back-office systems added to margin pressures
Systems supplied by FIS struggled to handle massive spike in March trading volumes
Repo rules caught in Covid’s concertina effect
Pandemic jeopardises phased rollout of Europe’s SFTR regime, raising fears of chaotic ‘big bang’ start
SOFR trades transact below zero for the first time
A few traders paid around -0.02% to borrow Treasuries in exchange for cash
SFTR confusion over Esma’s coronavirus delay
European regulator’s announcement fails to tackle how delay affects legacy transactions
Bankers say discount window is imperfect fix for UST woes
Further changes advocated to ensure Treasuries are used in US bank liquidity buffers
Banks think SFTR delay a ‘done deal’ amid virus outbreak
Industry letter urges regulators to postpone first two phases of reporting until October
StanChart’s derivatives exposures climb 42% in 2019
UK bank’s leverage ratio falls 30 basis points year-on-year