Liquidity
Homogeneous regulations could contribute to risk, says former Brazil central bank chief
Arminio Fraga warns about the use of globally standardised methodologies for regulatory capital, as well as the dangers of multiple central counterparties
BNPP: Euro value to drop following G-20 meeting
BNP Paribas (BNPP) has topped this week’s one-month forecast rankings with a bearish dollar stance amid threats of further quantitative easing (QE) from the Federal Reserve.
FX - After the trade is made: the future of the CLS relationship
How will CLS fare as new regulations take hold? Olaf Ransome, director at forex operations consultancy, 3C Advisory in Zurich examines the future for the FX infrastructure
SEB FXPB targets Q4 live date on EBS and Reuters
SEB will go live with three prime brokerage clients on EBS Spot and Thomson Reuters Matching for Prime Brokerage at the start of the fourth quarter.
Emeap: Cross-border collateral may alleviate dollar funding strains
Executives’ Meeting of East Asia-Pacific Central Banks says crisis revealed shortcomings in regional money markets; swaps deals, cross-border collateral could alleviate some problems
Liquidity critical to OTC clearing, argue dealers
Regulators should consider liquidity when deciding which over-the-counter derivatives should be cleared, say market participants
Regulatory uncertainty hits US banks’ Q2 results
NEW YORK - Most US banks reported a slump in forex revenues in the second quarter this year versus last year, citing a drop in risk appetite and liquidity amid concerns over regulatory changes and the European debt crisis.
BAML launches global liquidity platform
CHARLOTTE, N.C - Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) is reacting to client demand for a centralised view of liquidity by launching a platform to improve the delivery of its global liquidity product offering.
Korea moves to restrict FX derivatives leverage
Bank of Korea and Ministry of Strategy and Finance cut back leverage caps and limit corporate hedging of currency risks to 100% from 125% of exposure
Banks starting to think local after crisis, BIS finds
Banks around the world are slowly shifting to rely on local retail funding, says the Bank for International Settlements
Barriers to liquidity management
David Poole, chief operating officer at client strategy company Clientknowledge in London, discusses liquidity management
An imbalanced proposition
At the time of going to press, decisions on the future of the foreign exchange markets was still hanging in the balance, as regulators in the US debated the inclusion of forex swaps and forwards into the over-the-counter derivatives reforms.
Basel Committee reaches agreement on liquidity and counterparty risk
Reform proposal due this month