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Down but not out: US Libor trading continues amid ban
Outgoing rate hits market share lows in US swaps but little dent made in listed markets
New branch rules threaten Japanese banks’ EU plans
Draft CRR III may cause foreign banks to think twice before expanding in the EU
SMFG reports highest power sector emissions intensity
Across all systemic banks, only eight dealers disclose their GHG emissions for this field
Banks plan first yen Libor bond transitions
SG and Crédit Agricole Tona switches expected to be first bonds that ditch outgoing Japanese rate
Source of systemic risk varies by region
European, Canadian and UK banks are too big to fail because of their cross-border activities, Chinese and Japanese banks because of their size
The FRTB challenge: banks brace for further uncertainty
The widely anticipated implementation of the Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB) hit another obstacle when the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision pushed back the roll-out by another year to January 2023. With different jurisdictions…
BoComm, Nomura and Citic near G-Sib designation
Dealers could all become members of the club next year if trend continues
Most G-Sibs fail to disclose financed emissions
None of the world’s top 30 banks disclose climate impact of their whole portfolio
Asia moves: HSBC appoints new Apac head, Barclays hires country CEO for China, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
EU’s Basel delay could cause problems for Japan
Asia Risk Congress: unaligned timetables creates difficulties for Japan's megabanks
Nomura’s LCR hits new record
Glut of HQLA stock compounds lower cash outflows to push ratio to 273%
Nomura nets ¥3.8 billion from CVA and DVA gains
Windfall offsets previous quarter’s loss more than three times over
Dealers fear operational ‘cliff edge’ when Libor disappears
Over-reliance on fallbacks could lead to failures at year-end
Inflation scenarios: tail risks loom for US equities
Portfolios could lose more than one-third of their value if inflation stays high, suggests crowdsourced scenario exercise
Japan dealers hail ‘Tona First’ success
Tona overtakes Libor benchmark in yen swaps, but Tibor surge creates new basis risks
China, Turkey lead regulatory laggards on Basel III framework
Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Japan and Korea made no progress at all since May 2020
Japan’s Libor-linked structured products face basis menace
Lack of readiness for compounded rates could sweep repacks onto synthetic Libor, creating swaps mismatch
House of the year, Japan: Barclays
Asia Risk Awards 2021
Equity derivatives house of the year: BNP Paribas
Asia Risk Awards 2021
Clearing bank of the year: Citi
Asia Risk Awards 2021
Synthetic Libor gets cautious approval as swaps fix
‘Tough legacy’ solution could mop up $2.7trn-equivalent of non-cleared sterling and yen derivatives
Cloud solution provider of the year: Murex
Asia Risk Awards 2021
Level 3 assets at global systemic banks down 36% since 2014
Hard-to-value holdings down sharply over the past six years, but pandemic threw spanner in the works at some banks
JSCC turns to commercial banks in rejig of liquidity reserves
Funds stashed at the Bank of Japan down 31% on the previous quarter