Volatility
GFMA proposes disruption settlement framework for FX
Russian ruble close-out pain triggers calls for voluntary multilateral pricing framework
Return of volatility revs up FX options market
Macro disruption hikes volatility for eager dealers, however liquidity and spread compression remain a concern
Barclays adds £984m to ETN snafu bill
Market sell-off in Q2 has increased cost of buying back notes mis-sold by the bank in 2019
Deutsche’s market RWAs climb 28% as VAR multiplier bites
RWAs in the ‘corporate and other’ segment surged to €7.8bn in Q2 from €715m at end-2021
Hedge funds warn SEC dealer rule is ‘unenforceable’
Private funds say they are collateral damage of poorly drafted push to regulate PTFs
Linking performance of vanilla options to the volatility premium
A framework to account for vanilla options' performance in trading strategies is presented
Why FRTB model test loves volatility, but hates hedges
Crucial P&L test for internal models easier to pass if price swings are large, or desks poorly hedged
HSBC exhausts leverage headroom in Fed stress tests
Goldman Sachs worst performer among US banks
EU crypto rules would allow terra, just not as a stablecoin
Final laws set to prevent algorithmic coins from styling themselves as “stable”, says insider
Initial margin at Ice Europe up 15% over Q1
IM held against F&O positions hit all-time high, as number of margin breaches nudged higher
How energy risk managers are responding to extreme volatility
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Geopolitics, volatility and transformation: the top trading and intraday risk management concerns
At a recent webinar held by ICE and Asia Risk, experts discussed how they are dealing with unprecedented global events and the subsequent impacts on volatility
Eurex’s fixed income and IRS units hit by almost 700 breaches
Peak breaches in Q1 were €706 million and €214 million in size, respectively
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
SwapClear incurs record number of margin breaches
LCH’s interest rate derivatives clearing service reported over 4,000 backtesting exceptions in Q1
Morgan Stanley incurs two VAR breaches
The latest backtesting exceptions put the bank one step closer to triggering a capital requirement hike
‘Trend’ triumphs in uncertainty, but not as it wanes – study
Quant investing approach thrives in extremes of market uncertainty; calm hinders it
VAR multiplier hike sends UniCredit’s IMA charges up 23%
Market volatility following the invasion of Ukraine one of the drivers behind the increase
Corporates boost FX hedges as US dollar surges
Banks see more business, but also rising exposures, from corporates’ FX decision-making
Danske, Deutsche and PNC pin SVAR to Covid-19
Most global banks continue to use the global financial crisis to stress-test their portfolios
JP Morgan leads US banks on surging VAR capital charges
Requirements connected to commodity positions jumped 426% in the first quarter
The future of skew
Forward start volatility swaps and their pricing and hedging models are introduced
QIS offering and defensive strategies on the Raven indexes
After the quantitative investment strategies (QIS) sector saw big drawdowns in assets under management during 2020, Bank of America saw an opportunity to build out its QIS offering and defensive strategies based on over-the-counter rate volatility…
Turbulent markets put focus on evaluated pricing
Jayme Fagas, global head of valuations and transparency services at Refinitiv, explores why, in such an environment, firms need to have the right evaluated pricing to ensure they are pricing their portfolios at fair value levels and complying with…