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JP Morgan and Dutch pension fund PGGM transacted derivatives margin trade
◆ Chinese bank treasury shift from USTs to dollar callables considered ◆ Some European SSAs face cross-currency limitations ◆ Previous market staple 'almost non-existent'
Bank intermediaries eye resurgence in profitable trades
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As clear daylight emerges between jurisdictions making their transitions away from Ibor benchmarks, the cross-currency basis swap market could become a headache. -
The Bank of England turned up the heat on Libor this week with plans to publish a compounded Sonia index and averages in a move that will drive the transition to the new risk-free rate with a simpler coupon calculation methodology. It will also increase haircuts on Libor-linked collateral which is intended to accelerate the switch out of Libor FRNs maturing after 2021.
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ICAP is expanding its presence in the special situations market. On Thursday, the interdealer broker said it will open a European desk for the equities sub-division.
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The Bank of England has said it intends to publish compounded Sonia averages and a Sonia index using a ‘shift’ calculation method by the end of July, subject to feedback on a series of questions it has asked sterling market participants. This follows the first deal using that method from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Bank last week.
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Tradition’s rates trading platform, Trad-X, has signed up Commerzbank and DekaBank to its new dealer-to-client central limit order book (Clob) and has 12 more firms in the pipeline.
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Eurex Clearing has hired Nick Barnes from MarketAxess to expand its buy-side presence.
