Collateral
HKEX and LCH look to expand eligible collateral
Chinese government bonds in the frame as clearing houses seek to boost non-cash margin options
CFTC plan to relax MMF margin restriction sparks debate
Industry welcomes proposal to lift ban on repo-using funds as eligible IM, but some warn MMFs bring risks
Regulatory confusion clouds first annual IM recalculation
Firms dropping out of scope may need to continue posting non-cleared margin in some jurisdictions
Living with SA-CCR, one year on
Collateral agreements and FX futures may be some of the ways to tackle increased capital costs
FVA hedge omission from FRTB set to cause headaches
Lack of carve-out for market risk hedges could create hedging issues, experts say
European corporates scramble for alternative credit sources
Credit lines with traditional bank counterparties exhausted since dollar rally against euro
CVA exposures to UK corporates jump ‘hundreds of millions’
Dash for credit protection triggered a doom loop in the CDSs of cross-currency swap counterparties
Duck! Buy side plan to dodge IM rules could backfire
Three-quarters of phase six firms do not expect to exchange margin for at least six months
Is Citi’s SA-CCR hit a sign of things to come?
Higher cost of capital for banks dealing in short-dated uncollateralised FX swaps and forwards could impact dealers and clients alike
Isda set to draft China netting opinion
Banks could be in a position to turn on close-out netting in China by third quarter
Vanguard eyes DLT for FX forwards after smart contract success
Fund giant hopes roll-out of tech in 2022 will deliver greater efficiency and pricing benefits
Dealers face tough test on FX costs
Banks may pass on SA-CCR capital costs to FX clients
State Street launches tri-party custody for IM clients
Third-party provider begins shifting phase five clients to full-service collateral model
Phase five margin queues spur calls for custody revamp
Custodians urged to update “antiquated technology” ahead of threefold jump in phase six initial margin onboarding
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
China netting law drives interest in CSAs
Steady growth in contracts with CSAs suggests confidence that clean netting is near
BIS to operate sterling liquidity facility backed by BoE
Move echoes twentieth-century arrangements when BIS acted as intermediary in swaps network
‘Crypto Dad’ Giancarlo says DLT could have aided in Archegos
Former CFTC chair says managing collateral by distributed ledger technology would enable better oversight of risks
Margin rules snare FX options users
US banks forced to post margin on ‘naked’ trades, with buy-side firms soon to follow
SA-CCR switch clouded by confusion over netting sets
An effort by US regulators to incentivise the switch to SA-CCR may be having the opposite effect
LCH to accept Sing dollar bonds as collateral
Singapore’s banks hope move will ease margin funding burdens, and speed direct membership
Facebook’s libra could disrupt collateral markets – IMF paper
Collateral used to back ‘stablecoins’ such as libra will be unavailable for reuse
FX swaps clearing redux
SA-CCR could unleash the potential of clearing, and may ignite some big changes
SA-CCR adoption may spur wider FX swaps clearing
With up to 90% lower exposures on offer, dealers say capital benefits could outweigh margin costs