Non-cleared margin logjam looms after squandered delay
Fewer than half of phase five firms have submitted documentation necessary to open custody accounts Print this page
Buy-side firms could struggle to meet the already delayed deadline for complying with the fifth wave of the non-cleared margin rules after many of them wasted a 12-month extension granted by regulators in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Firms with more than €50 billion equivalent in average aggregate notional amount (AANA) of over-the-counter derivatives will be required to start exchanging initial margin with counterparties from September 1, if they exceed the minimum exchange threshold of
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The once monopolistic market for portfolio optimisation is entering a fresh era of competition and investment, as a new leverage regime nudges dealers to adopt next-gen rebalancing services in place of traditional rates compression.
In January, Quantile Technologies – one of the earliest rivals to first-mover TriOptima in rates compression – secured a $51 million investment from US private equity firm, Spectrum Equity. The same month, IHS Markit pumped $113 million into a new joint venture with
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Non-US banks cut back on MMF dollar funding post-Covid – BIS Print this page
Money market funds (MMFs) provided fewer dollars to non-US banks after the initial outbreak of the coronavirus crisis, research by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) shows.
As of end-2020, non-US banks’ use of MMFs for dollar funding amounted to some $1.13 trillion, down 21% on a year prior and at its lowest level since March 2018. Unsecured borrowings from offshore and US MMFs declined the most percentage-wise over this period, by 38% and 35% respectively. Repo borrowings from
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