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  • LCH-CME basis swaps, where one counterparty pays a fixed rate on a swap cleared on LCH.Clearnet’s SwapClear versus receiving a fixed rate on a swap cleared by CME Clearing, and vice versa, are to grow in frequency as dealers seek to balance exposure between one or more central counterparties, writes Beth Shah.
  • Final rating agency rules from the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) could draw in bilateral, private or non-tradeable structured finance instruments, as well as the public rated securitizations that the rules are aimed at.
  • The bottom quartile of European banks present “worrisomely high levels” of impaired and overdue loans, the European Banking Authority said this week. The ratio of these loans to total loans is 16% for the bottom quartile, while across the whole banking system it is 6.8%.
  • UK Export Finance is planning to boost British exports to China through a long term RMB loan-backing initiative. HSBC is the first partner on the scheme.
  • Agricultural Bank of China (ABC) and the London Stock Exchange (LSE) are exploring how to launch renminbi-denominated Global Depository Receipts (GDRs) in the UK in what would be a landmark development of the offshore RMB market, two market sources have told GlobalRMB, a sister publication of GlobalCapital Asia.
  • Overall credit default swaps notional that was reported to swap data repositories last week increased by 4% from the previous week, according to data from the International Swaps and Derivatives Association. Overall interest rates derivatives trading that was reported, however, dropped by 12%.