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Creditflux adds net-short loan language topic to Credit Dimensions agenda
4 years ago
Creditflux has added the hot new topic of net-short loan language to its Credit Dimensions event in New York on Wednesday -
Leveraged loans pose credit risk but not systemic risk, conference told
4 years ago
Regulators and the press need to understand the difference between credit risk and systemic risk, claimed panelists at the IMN European CLOs and Leveraged Loans conference -
European regulators lower Solvency II capital charges for private debt
5 years ago
The European Commission has amended Solvency II rules to make it easier for insurance companies to invest in private debt and private equity -
CDS relative value traders shift their bets as Europe trades inside US
5 years ago
Credit derivative markets have hit a point of position cutting and resetting, with the iTraxx Europe index having dipped inside its US counterpart CDX IG for the first time since December even as the European Central Bank’s new funding programme underwhelmed financials traders -
Initial margin relief falls short of industry calls
5 years ago
Reprieve for many smaller counterparties from a requirement to post initial margin (IM) on derivative trades looks likely, following a statement from regulators this week -
US dollar three-month is focus point for benchmarks, finds Ice Libor survey
5 years ago
One-, three- and six-month US dollar and sterling are the focus points for Ice Benchmark Administration to seek agreement with banks, according to the results of IBA’s survey on uses of Libor -
US and UK sound post-Brexit derivatives regulatory accord
5 years ago
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Bank of England have issued a joint statement assuring derivative market participants of continued access to trading and clearing after the UK’s exit from the European Union -
Behave yourselves: EBA policy advisor warns against misuse of securitisation rules
5 years ago
The European securitisation market has come a long way over the last decade, and the message from one policy advisor is clear – don’t do anything to mess it up. -
DTCC appoints Deriv/Serv board chairman to replace Thompson
5 years ago
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has appointed a replacement board chairman of its Deriv/Serv credit derivatives repository following the retirement of Larry Thompson in December -
SEC proposal could strengthen BDCs’ power to purchase funds
5 years ago
The Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC) has released proposals to allow regulated US funds, including listed funds, closed-end funds and business development companies (BDCs), to acquire shares of other regulated funds in excess of current limitations -
CDS lives to bring more fights as it steers past Ziggo and Sears
5 years ago
Credit default swaps have navigated two big tests of their rules, holding up to scrutiny on Ziggo Bond Finance (ZBF) and Sears Roebuck Acceptance Corp (SRAC), despite warnings they could weaken the product -
CDS food fight as UNFI sues Goldman Sachs over SuperValu deal
5 years ago
United Natural Foods Inc (UNFI) has summoned Goldman Sachs to court, accusing the bank of bad faith in the way it handled the US retailer’s buyout of SuperValu last year, a transaction which caused the target firm’s CDS spread to bloat by over 200bp in one day -
Isda seeks fallback spread vendor for derivatives
5 years ago
The International Swaps & Derivatives Association is seeking an independent service provider to calculate and publish adjustments to fallbacks it will use in interest rate benchmarks for its Isda definitions -
Central counterparties need to improve after Nasdaq Clearing member default, says Isda
5 years ago
Derivative central counterparties (CCPs) must look to make a number of improvements to risk practices, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association has said in a paper that follows a clearing member default at Nasdaq Clearing in September -
BlackRock BDC seeks shareholder approval to fast-track leverage increase
5 years ago
BlackRock TCP Capital Corp has become the latest business development company to seek shareholders’ approval to double its use of leverage -
US regulation drives insurance money towards credit ETFs
5 years ago
Institutional investors are increasingly allocating to credit exchange-traded funds (ETFs), but their motivations are changing. These vehicles are famed for their liquidity, but several investors are said to be pouring money into them for the long term amid regulatory changes which have made ETF investments more favourable -
Sears CDS battle lines set out in market-defining legal fight
5 years ago
Legal sides have set out their arguments in the high-stakes Sears Roebuck Acceptance Corp credit event external review, in what an industry group of asset managers claims is a “unique opportunity to provide clarity on one of the most important definitions for the credit default swap product” -
Creditex obtains CFTC swap execution facility exemption
5 years ago
Creditex, the electronic brokerage for corporate bonds and credit default swaps, has been granted an exemption from a requirement to register with the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission as a swap execution facility -
Golub Capital BDC looks to become fourth largest publicy traded BDC with merger
5 years ago
Golub Capital is seeking approval from its shareholders to merge its Golub Capital business development company (GBDC) with another one of its business development companies, Golub Capital Investment Corporation (GCIC) -
Market favours retrospective over forward-looking approach to Ibor benchmark fallbacks, says Isda
5 years ago
New benchmark fallbacks for derivatives contracts that reference interbank offered rates are likely to be based on the “compounded setting in arrears rate” and the “historical mean/median approach to the spread adjustment”, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association has said -
Derivatives margin threshold should be €100 billion notional not €8 billion, says Isda
5 years ago
A regulatory threshold that requires counterparties to post initial margin (IM) on derivatives trades if they hold €8 billion notional or more exposure should be raised to €100 billion, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association has argued -
Isda extends deadline for derivatives benchmark consultation
5 years ago
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association has extended the fast-approaching deadline for its consultation on derivatives benchmark fallbacks, to allow more time for responses -
Isda and Linklaters roll out test version of initial margin docs service
5 years ago
Five and a half months of partnership between the International Swaps and Derivatives Association and Linklaters has borne fruit, with the launch of a test version of an online tool that will allow firms to electronically negotiate and execute initial margin (IM) documentation -
Alarm sounds on margin rules as small funds look to make early inroads
5 years ago
A fast-approaching 1 September regulatory deadline for phase three market participants to apply initial margin (IM) to derivatives trades looks set to pass without serious mishap, according to lawyers and the International Swaps and Derivatives Association -
BDCs turn to CLO financing as effective alternative to bilateral leverage agreements
5 years ago
Business development companies now have the ability to take on an extra turn of leverage, but rating constraints mean they could end up using CLOs instead
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