Articles by Helen Bartholomew
Industry calls for 12-fold hike in margin threshold
Request to regulators would permanently exempt almost 1,000 firms from non-cleared margin rules
Buy side could be biggest voice in key margin decisions
Asset managers encouraged to join Simm’s daily polling mechanism – despite some dealers’ concerns
Brevan Howard is first non-bank caught by margin rules, sources say
Non-cleared exposures thought to exceed $1.5 trillion
LCH-Eurex basis falls 80% as insurers head to Frankfurt
Fixed rate available at Eurex has dropped from 1.35bp to 0.25bp in past two months
Clearing up Deutsche’s swaps ‘shift’
Reported move of euro business is not as straightforward – or as dramatic – as it seemed
Mattatia makes surprise move to MSCI
Former SG equity derivatives structurer was set to join BNP Paribas
Industry seeks smaller ‘big bang’ for margin
New study supports sixfold hike in 2020 compliance threshold to avoid “dormant” margin accounts
Brexit threatens some swaptions trades
Force majeure clauses could be triggered on physically settled contracts
Symphony bots march on Bloomberg
New chat system touted as sales and trading game-changer, as banks build hundreds of add-ons
The sharing economy comes to banking
A start-up some are calling the Airbnb of capital is bringing a Silicon Valley idea to Wall Street
EIB shrugs off term RFR worries with Sonia bond plan
Issuer to use daily compounded, backward-looking rate with time lag for sterling benchmark
Regulator calls for term Sonia as transition talk ramps up
Schooling Latter throws scepticism on Libor reform efforts
Isda faces member backlash on margin lobbying
Working groups were not consulted over Isda-funded paper that could threaten industry’s Simm
Duelling repack platforms find common ground
Standard documentation initiative mulls shared SPV model as founders seek to join rival
Local laws may save legacy swaps from Brexit migration
Exemptions from local authorisation may open a backdoor to servicing UK-EU contracts after Brexit
Brexit: banks consider four ways to move swaps en masse
Statutory business transfers in frame as bilateral novation may take too long
CFTC probed CDS market under last enforcement head
Goelman compares manufactured payouts to match-fixing, and says CFTC has jurisdiction to bring case
Mattatia heads to BNPP amid SG departures
Derivatives structurer to resurface at Paris rival; Quessette becomes latest to leave SG
Compression firms vie to ease Libor switch
Quantile and TriOptima launching services to tear up Libor swaps and replace with new rates
Giancarlo expects to resolve EU-US CCP spat
CFTC chairman lauds relationship with EU’s Dombrovskis
Swinburne: post-Brexit financial services deal could work
Isda AGM: Idea of comprehensive EU-UK deal immediately worries CFTC official
Fixing CDSs: lots of patches, no magic wand
Isda response to Hovnanian controversy could open new loopholes, traders warn
A&O vs Linklaters in IM platform race
Law firms are backing rival attempts to cut margin doc costs for buy side
Stephane Mattatia to leave Societe Generale
Equity derivatives structuring veteran jumps ship for rival bank