Swiss franc
EU firms fear dollar liquidity becoming tariff bargaining chip
Eurozone banks rely on dollars for 17% of funding; trade war escalation could affect access
Hedge funds’ pricing often trumps other buy-siders – SNB
Research shows “advantageous” prices result in outperformance of 139bp trading USD/CHF
Euro, Swiss swaps trading jump on rate hike chatter
Highest weekly volumes since at least 2020 as ECB and SNB gear up for policy change
Barclays, HSBC held $12trn of Libor swaps on eve of cessation
Both banks made significant progress over 2021, but more remains to be done
CCPs’ successful Libor switch raises hopes for sterling move
Optimism follows hitch-free conversion of cleared yen, Swiss franc and euro Libor swaps to RFRs
Bumpy ride expected as Libor reaches end of road
Heavy reliance on contractual fallbacks leaves market facing series of post-cessation risks
PoP goes FXPB: prime of prime fizzes, but isn’t to all tastes
Sources report ebullient growth among PoPs, despite lingering wariness around risk redistribution
Andreas König’s crisis playbook meets Covid-19
Interview: Trading from home may be odd, but Amundi’s FX head was ready for other stresses
RFRs hit Main Street as Swiss banks launch Saron mortgages
Negative rates ease path for compounded Saron home loans without lags or lookbacks
FX vol revived by Covid-19 – but for how long?
Traders split on whether virus impact, or central bank responses, will prove most powerful
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
Swiss banks ask, how about a magic trick?
Banks pull off an accounting trick – with the help of their regulator
Shallow liquidity threatens Saron momentum
Swaps on Swiss Libor successor gain traction, but lack of cash products poses liquidity hurdle
Switzerland moves ahead with backward-looking term rate
Lack of forward visibility in proposed rate provokes concern among corporates
Swiss loans may struggle with Libor transition, warn lawyers
Lack of standardisation means fallback clauses may be unable to handle move to Saron
Benchmark fallbacks should be regulated, says industry
Fears of basis risk unless all users are obliged to write backup rates into legacy contracts
Swiss rate reform set to trigger swap value change
Tois discounting rate set to be replaced in 2018 by Saron, which is 20bp lower
Swap 4175: how a hedged loan became a €600m dispute
City of Linz v Bawag case underlines risks in municipal derivatives
Bank risk manager of the year: HSBC
HSBC’s risk team helped traders minimise losses when the renminbi took a sharp dive in August
Currency derivatives house of the year: BNP Paribas
French bank prospered despite Swiss franc surge, renminbi devaluation