The procyclicality of initial margin models is a property of the system as a whole and so requires system-wide solutions, the WFE says in a new paper.
January 15, 2021The roadmap aims to promote ESG development, establish operational rules to enable central clearing for OTC derivatives, and boost fundraising in the capital markets.
December 9, 2020The pandemic raised questions of whether the flexibility provided in the Basel framework is actually used by FIs, for example in the case of bank capital and liquidity buffers.
November 16, 2020The backstop facility would have to be able to buy relatively illiquid investment-grade corporate bonds from mutual funds in times of stress.
September 30, 2020A 3-year roadmap to be unveiled by year-end includes plans to set up central clearing for OTC derivatives, and improve convenience and efficiency for foreign investors.
September 27, 2020Cabinet-approved legislative revisions will introduce an OTC derivatives reporting requirement, a licensing system for trade repositories, and penalties for circumventing margin rules.
July 3, 2020Market participants who are not themselves clearing members of OTC Clear can gain access to the benefits of central clearing through existing clearing members.
June 16, 2020The launch is heralded as a major milestone to deepen liquidity and catalyse the growth of the SORA market. StanChart was party to the first cleared derivatives trade referencing SORA.
May 19, 2020IOSCO resources will be redeployed to focus on matters directly impacted by Covid-19, including to examine market-based finance, investment funds and central clearing.
April 9, 2020Banks aim to start active trading in SORA derivatives in the second half of the year, and SORA-based loans will launch by year-end.
March 20, 2020