Articles by Duncan Wood
Deutsche considered Autobahn spin-off in bid for Sef status
Dodd-Frank caused Deutsche to look at reinventing its Autobahn platform as a Sef – but dealers now see a future for their platforms as price aggregators
Basel open to liquidity rule changes
Basel open to liquidity rule changes
Supervisors on the tracks of shadow banks
Chasing shadows
Citi’s Gerspach: $12.7 billion accounting switch was legit
Switch of assets to trading book and subsequent sales meant to limit Basel III capital impact, says Citi's CFO
Isda AGM: Fed letters 'not a waste of time', banks argue
Industry defends decision to set up recently sidelined TriOptima rates repository and argues voluntary commitments have value
Isda AGM: dealers, CCPs debate risks of lowering bar to entry
Weaker clearing members could be overstretched by a crisis, dealers warn - but LCH.Clearnet and CME differ on the risk of wider access
Isda AGM: clearing regionalisation comes with costs, warn Shirvani and O'Connor
Outgoing and incoming Isda chairs warn multiple CCPs with divergent standards will threaten market liquidity
Isda AGM: industry getting to grips with nuts and bolts of reform
No-one’s talking about existential threats to the derivatives market any more – but the more practical questions that have now taken centre stage may prove harder to resolve
CFTC proposals render TriOptima rates repository unfit for purpose
Industry launches new process to select rate derivatives repository, after CFTC proposals far exceed tasks TriOptima’s repository was asked to perform by dealers and bank regulators
Risk Europe: S&P slammed for linking Greece, Portugal downgrades to ESM
Eurozone bail-out vehicle doesn't hurt existing bondholders, EC official argues
Risk Europe: Roles of ESRB and ECB could conflict, says Belgium's Reynders
Europe's new systemic risk watchdog could clash with the ECB - but the ESRB's powers may need to be expanded, says Belgian finance minister, Didier Reynders
Risk Europe: no-go on CoCos, says panel
Traditional investors won't be won over by debt that converts into equity, says conference panel - and one CoCo issuer raises threat of feedback effects
Risk Europe: 'Humble' Basel Committee open to liquidity rule changes
The Basel Committee's Stefan Walter says door is open to changing LCR and NSFR - but it's not open wide
EU confusion over cash collateral rules
Collateral confusion
Sovereign risk weights under threat
Weight gain
EBA’s Huertas: credible stress-test is first task
Taking the strain
Triple threat to sovereign default-risk-free status
European policymakers and regulators are considering dramatic changes to the capital treatment for government bonds
Polish OTC clearer aims for 2012 launch as Europe fragments
Another central counterparty plans to launch in Europe, starting with zloty-denominated interest rate swaps
EU's Libyan asset freeze casts cloud over hedge fund FM Capital
FM Capital - a UK hedge fund with ties to Libya - gets HM Treasury licence to keep trading, but dealers are wary
Sovereigns wrestle with debt impact of CSAs
Kiss of debt
The Nava-gator
Safe-keeping
Long road for standardised Islamic derivatives documentation
A bespoke route