Interest rates
Libor transition – What is the endgame?
No-one expected the transition away from Libor to be easy. At the outset, some doubted whether the transition was even possible. However, with less than a year left before the expected cessation of Libor as a regulated benchmark, the transition certainly…
Cherry-picking fears as banks pull negative rates commitments
As UK mulls negative rates, banks desert Isda protocol and traders warn of gaming the system
Why US dollar Libor spreads may be mispriced
Fallback spreads for all currencies could be fixed together, even if some benchmarks survive past 2021
IBA, Refinitiv go live with regulated term Sonia rates
First deals linked to new benchmarks are likely to be in trade finance
Markets search for FX factor as rates fall flat
Traders signal shift to currency strategies, but is it passing fad or permanent fixture?
Libor Telethon playback: regulators stress ‘no new use’
Watch BoE, FCA, Fed and industry speakers tackling prickly cessation questions
Canada pension fund Hoopp goes cool on bonds
$70bn investor rethinks LDI strategy to take into account paltry yield from fixed income
Warrants proving a big opportunity for Asia private banks
While the products are booming amid fall-off in principal-protected structures, some distributors are missing out
Bloomberg joins race for SOFR credit add-on
Benchmark provider building bolt-on adjustment from short-term bank lending data
Asia’s private wealth giants shift gears to market-neutral
With interest rates low, structured product investors bypass capital-protected products for market-neutral strategies
One man’s trash is another man’s Treasury
With yields at record lows, investors are asking how much protection bonds will offer in a future crisis
Quants tout alternative carry trades for the ‘new normal’
Low rates and flatlining yield curves leave investors seeking carry in swaps and swaptions
Prime fund exodus threatens SOFR credit add-on
Falling commercial paper and certificate of deposit issuance could leave new benchmarks with data gaps
Citi turns to fintech to boost FCM interest income
Clearing giant is optimising its treasury function to combat low rates and CCP fee hikes
‘Big bang’ sends basis swaps on roller-coaster ride
Secrecy at CME is contributing to volatility ahead of next week’s switch to SOFR discounting
Libor countdown webinar series – Euro
In this webinar, a panel of experts discusses €STR liquidity, how firms fared through the recent central counterparty discount switches, the impact on €STR swaps trading and the future of Euribor
Benchmark reform goes non-linear
Terminating Libor will bring great challenges to the pricing of non-linear rate products
Rival SOFR conventions splinter loan market
Diverging approaches to calculating interest payments sow uncertainty and hedging concerns
Alternative markets give edge to Florin Court strategy
By concentrating on exotic and alternative markets, Florin Court Capital Fund has sidestepped overcrowding and correlation to the main trend following commodity trading advisers, offering investors a diversified alternative to the standard systemic macro…
Stanford’s Duffie shakes up SOFR credit race with AXI index
Academics propose new credit index that ditches Libor tenors for a single funding spread
Term SOFR rate still possible this year, benchmark firms say
Administrators target year-end benchmark trials despite low swaps liquidity
Libor replacement II: completing the generalised FMM
The FMM is upgraded to model the full term structure, pricing all possible bonds and the bank account
Delivering certainty in uncertain times
TriOptima explains how it combines the reduction of gross notional exposure and the conversion of net risk exposure to deliver outsized results, partnering its portfolio compression network with core net ICE Libor over-the-counter swap portfolios
Libor webinar playback: Schooling Latter on timing of ‘death notice’
Benchmark cessation could be announced this year, FCA official reveals – news that has moved the market