Subject: Offloading opportunity, gamma ingenuity, and benchmarking for banks

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THIS WEEK'S TOP STORIES
Markets
Credit risk transfer, with a derivatives twist
Dealers angle to revive market that enables them to offload counterparty exposures, freeing up capital
16 Dec 2024   |  Feature
Markets
Repo and FX markets buck year-end crunch fears
Price spike concerns ease as September’s surprise SOFR jump led to early preparations for bank window dressing
19 Dec 2024   |  Feature
Markets
Traders dredge 0DTE data for intraday gamma insights
Firms such as UBS, BofA and OptionMetrics are investing in continuous net options position monitoring
18 Dec 2024   |  News
Markets
Cross-currency futures could ease bilateral burden – CME
Quarterly €STR-vs-SOFR contract could be used by Stir desks to manage currency basis risk
17 Dec 2024   |  News
Op Risk Benchmarking
Op Risk Benchmarking 2024: the banks
As threats grow and regulators bore down, focus shifts to the first line
13 Dec 2024   |  News
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STAT OF THE WEEK

Fed’s stricter G-Sib scoring punishes BofA, Goldman

For Goldman Sachs, the surcharge under the Fed’s method 2 will rise from 3% to 3.5% from January 2026 – a two-percentage point premium over its method 1 score, up from a 1.5pp gap in the previous assessment. 

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

Long gamma puts brakes on post-election US stock rally

“The market’s primary focus is the extent of long gamma positioning among liquidity providers, which acts as a potential brake on price movement. It’s like a sailboat dragging an anchor along the seafloor. Everything slows to a grind” – Stuart Pyott, Maven Securities

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