Credit default swaps
Auditors: the extra line of defence
If CDS skew spikes, some banks may be thankful for conservative accountants
SG buys $1.3 billion Japan CDS portfolio
French bank strengthens position in Asia
Skewed views: banks, auditors split on CDS index trades
Views on risks and accounting treatment of arbitrage repack differ across the Street
Buy side turns to credit skew notes for yield pick-up
Revival of credit derivatives arbitrage strategy targeted at insurers and private banks
Traders blame bail-in for Deutsche CDS jump
Debt subordination behind spread widening from January; CVA desks may need to adjust hedge ratios
German industry gears up to oppose CLN ban
German Derivatives Association argues ban is unlawful
A correlated structural credit risk model with random coefficients and its Bayesian estimation using stock and credit market information
Using historical equity and credit market data, this paper illustrates the validation of a structural correlated default model applied to Black–Cox setups.
Bond funds use derivatives to buy time for bargain hunting
Buy side turning to ETFs and CDSs to meet exposure targets, switching them for bonds later on
Building credit: China's CDS market faces headwinds
Regulatory fragmentation threatens take-up of planned new credit instruments
Lack of sellers could hold back Chinese CDS market
Demand for credit protection increases, but traders say sellers will be hard to find
CVA desks suffer Brexit double whammy
Cross-gamma losses estimated at more than $25m for each dealer
SEC legal hurdles threaten non-US CDS dealers
Row over access to books and records threatens to undermine registration rules
Barclays taps blockchain for equity swaps, options, swaptions
Regulatory capital savings offered by instant settlement of smart contracts on distributed ledgers
Nine years later, RMBS woes still haunt banks
Megan van Ooyen from SAS rounds up the top five operational risk losses for April 2016
European dealers wrestle with corporate CVA changes
Banks say prices already diverging; CDS market could be impacted
Dealers overpricing CLNs, research suggests
Information asymmetry and illiquidity driving up prices
Bank names obstruct single-name CDS clearing
Ice is “working through” wrong-way risk issues, may need to revamp auctions
Traders shocked by $712m CVA loss at StanChart
Bank’s new methodology has been used by some rivals for more than a decade
SEC in wait-and-see mode on CDS clearing mandate
Industry sources that have met with the agency claim it has “no plan” for mandate
Accounting change threatens structured note DVA hedges
Move could force unwinds, but an IFRS exemption may prove a saviour
SEC rule hikes cost of trading US CDS for non-US firms
CDS trades between non-US counterparties will be captured under Dodd-Frank
Credit derivatives house of the year: Citi
Single-name CDSs still have buy-side fans and many have come to see Citi as the go-to dealer
Oil rout sharpens energy companies' focus on credit risk
As defaults rise, firms step up sophistication of counterparty assessments
Isda escapes CDS case pledge to help CFTC
Association still faces licensing overhaul as part of pending settlement