United States dollar
Money funds get S&P green light to buy SOFR notes
After many funds were shut out of first SOFR issuance, agency has now approved new benchmark
Investors cheer debut Fannie SOFR note launch
Healthy demand could have been higher if S&P had approved benchmark
Fed’s Quarles critical of opaque Libor data
ARRC chair Sandra O’Connor also questions IBA transparency
Foreign banks in US wary after funding costs rise
Following jump in Libor/OIS spread, many US entities continue borrowing from parents
Interest rate derivatives values fall to pre-crisis low
The value of interest rate derivatives plummeted more than 16% to $7.6 trillion in the second half of 2017
LCH and CME to start clearing SOFR swaps in third quarter
Scramble to offer clearing aimed at cutting clients’ margin and capital costs
Swaps data: a Mifid-shaped hole
Data shows strong growth in US dollar rate swaps, but global picture is incomplete, says Amir Khwaja of Clarus FT
Tullett Prebon and the mystery Clob
How tpSef quietly kept voice broking alive in a regime designed for e-trading
Monthly swaps data review: analysing CCP and Sef volumes
Data shows strong growth at LCH and JSCC, while OIS products surge
Monthly swaps data review: a day in the life of a swap
As US rate-setters met last month, real-time reporting showed the impact on swaps
Benchmark fallbacks should be regulated, says industry
Fears of basis risk unless all users are obliged to write backup rates into legacy contracts
Formosas, the Fed, and the billion-dollar Bermudan trade
Rates options desks on alert as decline in Formosa bond issuance could hit profits and raise US volatility
The covered interest parity conundrum
Darrell Duffie explains why it’s difficult to arbitrage direct and swap-implied funding rates
Sovereign risk manager of the year: Treasury Directorate of Slovenia
Risk Awards 2017: ‘Visionary’ exercise required debt buybacks, new issuance and swap unwinds on the same day
Sterling flash crash leads to market price confusion
Banks set their own sterling/US dollar low 4% higher than some traded rates
Foreign exchange house of the year: BNP Paribas
French bank helps corporates hedge in the wake of China devaluation
Lenovo turns to dim sum market to reduce forex hedging costs
Rising cost of CNY forwards and tighter regulation encourage renminbi funding
For a few dollars more: Japan banks tackle dollar/yen basis jump
Soaring cross-currency swap prices force dollar funding rethink
IFC risk management directors wrestle with strong dollar
Weak emerging markets and commodities downturn are also posing a challenge
Dollar/yen basis blows out as leverage ratio bites US banks
Basis at its widest since European banks faced a global dollar funding squeeze in 2012
Singapore clearing mandate timed to avoid US/Europe overlap
With sufficient clearing options now available MAS is ready to set out clearing mandate
BAML to clear US dollars for BNP commodity finance unit
Deal comes as French bank faces one-year US dollar clearing ban
Best in Indonesia: CIMB Niaga
CIMB Niaga wins the award for best in Indonesia