What’s New in JPY Swaps in 2024?
Covering; ISDA AGM in Tokyo I thought I would try to be helpful with the timing of this blog. The ISDA AGM is due to take place April 16-18 in Tokyo: Most delegates will take time to also see Tokyo-based clients, and will therefore be discussing the JPY swap market whilst doing so. So consider […]
Retail brokers in Europe poised to expand derivatives as regulatory challenges mount
Potential restrictions on Contract for Differences (CFD) markets are leading retail brokers to evaluate a shift towards institutional markets and listed futures and options. Bruce Roberts and Chris Brown cover the details on the ION Markets Blog.
RFR Adoption Update
We have had a number of people reach out and ask when the RFR Adoption Indicator will next be updated. It is a great vindication of all of the hard work that has gone on over the past 4 years (and even longer when you consider the wider work on LIBOR cessation, Fallbacks and Benchmark […]
€STR Volumes and Market Share
Very occasionally, the data writes a blog for me. This is one of those times, with three particular highlights: €STR Futures I have slightly tweaked our €STR Dashboard, which summarises key liquidity attributes in this growing market: Showing; The really large volume days at Eurex have not materially added to the Open Interest yet, where-as […]
SEC Clearing Mandate for US Treasuries
The SEC final rule on clearing of US Treasury Securities was published on March 18, 2024. Now that the scope and timelines are known, the challenges in implementation are becoming apparent. We cover the details on the ION Markets Blog.
Mechanics and Definitions of the ISDA Credit Support Annex (CSA)
Credit Support Annexes used to be the dullest of the dull. A “back-office”, operational necessity that helped reduce counterparty exposures. Now, they are intrinsic to the functioning of modern day derivatives markets and have blossomed in both number and potential complexity as a result of the Uncleared Margin Rules. If you don’t have a CSA, […]
What’s New in CCP Disclosures – 4Q23?
Clearing Houses have published their latest CPMI-IOSCO Quantitative Disclosures: Background Under the CPMI-IOSCO Public Quantitative Disclosures, CCPs publish over two hundred quantitative data fields covering margin, default resources, credit risk, collateral, liquidity risk, back-testing and more. CCPView has over 8 years of these quarterly disclosures for 44 Clearing Houses, each with multiple Clearing Services, covering the period from 30 Sep […]
Cable Cross Currency Swaps 2024
Issuance A particular headline in the FT recently piqued the interest of this blogger: Like a moth to a flame, I was drawn to the statement: The demand has helped push a number of continental European companies to issue sterling debt for the first time in recent months, including German real estate company Vonovia, German […]
Did we learn anything from the latest European announcements on clearing?
The Clarus blog covered Active Accounts back in December, and followed up with probably the first podcast in the world to cover Active Accounts: The European Parliament have followed this with an announcement this month that: The European Commission then provided the following details: For those of us who thrive on the details this looks […]
Best Practices for Variation Margin
No one wants to be called in default by a CCP during stressed markets as a result of operational complexity/failures – much as ICE & Citi stated regarding March 2020: So today I follow up on our Clarus blogs (and podcast!) regarding members requirements at CCPs. For example, you can take a look at the […]