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The ratings review finished with both upgrades and downgrades linked to senior bonds now being subordinated to regular deposits
Public pension schemes have sold shares in coal, oil and gas companies but are still funding expansion of the gas industry through infrastructure funds
Key points of contention include the investor sanctions regime and the definition of 'resilience'
European and other regulators are working on reforms to make covered bond funding more efficient
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Overall credit default swap notional that was reported to swap data repositories last week increased by 44% from the previous week, according to data from the International Swaps and Derivatives Association.
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Harmonisation and crossborder issues are key concerns for the International Swaps and Derivatives Association as markets enter 2015. As Scott O’Malia, CEO of ISDA and former commissioner at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, tells Beth Shah, regulators need to ensure that crossborder oversight is based on risk and not location. -
In this round-up of news over the holiday period, Malaysia gets its own offshore RMB clearing bank, Thailand's central bank renews its RMB swap line, Bank of China and the Stock Exchange of Thailand agree to expand co-operation, Hong Kong RMB deposits rise in November, China started forward and swap trading with three new currencies, and Serbian market participants can now trade RMB in their national market.
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A report from the Commodities Futures Trading Commission on central clearing for non-deliverable forwards warned of possible problems if a mandate is applied incorrectly, urging coordination and standardisation of practices, according to lawyers
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The inconvenient truth about credit ratings is that they are one of the least bad options for measuring credit risk. Basel’s latest proposal to write the agencies out of regulation will simply introduce new problems.
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The Japan Securities Clearing Corporation and its affiliates have been granted time-limited, no-action relief by the US Commodities Futures and Trading Commission to continue to conduct business despite the fact it has not yet been approved as a derivatives clearing organisation.
