A senior Japanese regulator has urged jurisdictions yet to adopt the final Basel III capital rules to keep to their word. The call comes amid concerns among Japan’s banks that they face unfair ...

When Jane Street sued Millennium Partners in April last year for poaching traders who ran a highly profitable but secret Indian options strategy, it may have seemed like a good idea. Now, the firm ...

When the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted in February to delay the deadlines for its US Treasury clearing ...

Standard Chartered reported $36.7 billion of market risk-weighted assets (RWAs) in the first quarter, up 29.9% since the end of last year, and a record high figure for the bank. The jump marked the ...

The debate over 24/7 trading is dividing the derivatives industry in two. One camp, largely represented by crypto enthusiasts, sees continuous markets as both inevitable and risk-reducing. Its ...

Required margin for cleared swaps grew to a record high at US futures commission merchants (FCMs) in the first half of June, data from the National Futures Association shows. The 17 reporting firms ...

Brazilian fund manager uses combo of options and forwards to push down hedging costs compared with plain NDF strategy ...

Four industry groups have written a letter to dissuade the European Commission from pursuing equity market structure reforms inspired by the US. This follows a rapid consultation undertaken by the ...

The authors investigate the impact of banks' digital transformation on operational risk, finding that in most cases, this ...

Europe’s markets watchdog may soon have sweeping new powers, but experts say it will have to shed its reputation as slow, expensive and process-driven if it is ...

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When Israel launched a missile strike on Iran’s nuclear programme on June 13, some traders were left puzzled by why the ...