The figure, which includes securities classified as available-for-sale (AFS) and held-for-trading (HFT), rose 1% in the first quarter across 53 banks analysed by Risk Quantum, driven by a $21.4 ...

The question was raised again after the leader of the incoming German government announced plans to bypass the country’s strict debt ceiling rules to raise funding for defence and infrastructure ...

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is set to vote on a proposal that would allow US investors to clear their yen interest rate swaps at the Japan Securities Clearing Corporation (JSCC), ...

The deal contingent (DC) hedge market has been making a comeback, after President Trump’s chaotic tariff policies in April ...

The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) reported a record daily total of 102.6 million cleared contracts on April 4, the ...

In February, Esma announced it would engage with stakeholders to identify where reporting burdens could be pared back, to support the European Commission’s aim to simplify its rules and enhance the ...

Global trade tensions have turned the normally benign Hong Kong dollar into a treacherous currency to trade, with wild spot moves forcing hedge funds to unwind leveraged positions that were widely ...

LCH’s recent addition of offshore Chinese government bonds (CGBs) into its list of eligible collateral has been hailed as a milestone in the securities’ internationalisation, with many participants ...

Markets are pricing in volatility levels that are too cheap given uncertainty around how the US tariff situation will play ...

Structured products issuers typically hedge the exotic risks of autocallable notes by slicing and dicing these exposures into ...

Portfolio margining at LCH is currently only available to clients that clear swaps and futures with the same futures ...

“The debate over minimum mandatory haircuts has been prompted by a little bit of misunderstanding about some of the data that ...