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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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US investors have crowded into bets on higher volatility, just as stocks have begun to recover. -
The US Senate Agriculture Committee was expected to review legislation reauthorising the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Thursday amid debate over the benefits of additional funding for financial regulators.
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Falling expectations for Japanese inflation and the dovish turn at the US Federal Reserve sent the yen higher last week. This left USD/JPY at the lowest level since October 2014 going into this week, with only a slight retracement on Thursday bringing solace to Japanese exporters.
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The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) used its 31st annual general meeting in Tokyo this week to publish the first in a series of documents to help market participants comply with margin requirements for non-cleared derivatives. It also joined other industry bodies in a clarion call for global regulators to drop dual-sided derivatives trade reporting in favour of an entity-based approach.
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When it comes to Italian banks, pessimists are not in short supply. Indeed, to be bullish on this sector could be considered contrarian, or even foolhardy, given its parlous state. Asset quality is the overriding problem — Italy’s banks have €360bn of non-performing loans on their balance sheets, about a third of the eurozone’s total.
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Foreign central banks will be allowed to repatriate their RMB holdings without restrictions if they have invested in China’s interbank bond market (CIBM) or traded in the onshore foreign exchange market, said the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) in two announcements released on April 14.
