Helen Bartholomew

Editor at Large Views expressed are my own.

[Duncan Wood @Duncan_Wood]

This week’s BoE intervention in the gilts market was not a shock. It was exactly what pension funds had warned would happen if their long-dated liability hedges were subject to cash margin requirements. Way back when, https://t.co/Qxvd48UOYu wrote about this stuff a LOT. Thread!

[Helen Bartholomew @HelenBarthol]

If you haven't read this from @TunsteadRebekah and @LukasBeckerRisk (published the day before BoE announcement), it's still free to view. As are all @RiskDotNet articles for our Open Day today. https://t.co/yJAX1VVmWZ

[Helen Bartholomew @HelenBarthol]

It’s Open Day on @RiskDotNet. All content is free to read until the end of today. Here’s our latest on those pesky products that tripped up Archegos’s banks. https://t.co/0hFOhZ0N4m

[Helen Bartholomew @HelenBarthol]

@bsmithmey @GuyReuters @reutersHuwJ @POLITICOEurope Forgive me @bsmithmey @guyreuters but @RiskDotNet subscribers heard about the exclusive last Tuesday (Sept 6) on https://t.co/xhSx2MbLnr Just saying, is all 😉

[Helen Bartholomew @HelenBarthol]

@robmacksmith This what BSBY conjures up for us kids of the 1980s...the ultimate symbol of pre-privatisation Britain

[Helen Bartholomew @HelenBarthol]

@LouieWoodall @BenStClair1 🚀🚀🚀

[Helen Bartholomew @HelenBarthol]

@robmacksmith Thanks @robmacksmith Now you've said that, I'll may have to actually tweet something!!

[Helen Bartholomew @HelenBarthol]

@ChristophSpink @ifrtweets @IFR_Owen @JosieCox_London TBF, I'd probably have swiped an extra lemon tart or two if @ChristophSpink hadn't kept such a beady eye on them.

[Helen Bartholomew @HelenBarthol]

Whales have become synonymous with outsize risk at banks. UBS hopes to change that as it unleashes Orca - its machine learning algo - for rates clients (though technically an orca is a dolphin...) https://t.co/1GeSr9whZF

[Helen Bartholomew @HelenBarthol]

Derivatives exchanges see green future, starting with new ESG products and a clean-up of ethical standards in metals contracts https://t.co/DHAgyjZcBf

[Helen Bartholomew @HelenBarthol]

Evolution or extinction: Ice swap rate’s post-Libor quandary https://t.co/M0MQDvZJpI

[Helen Bartholomew @HelenBarthol]

The comment period on Isda's CDS fix closes today. There's broad support, but some want more clarity around rules whose main aim is to create uncertainty. https://t.co/OrJT4yYDgG

[Helen Bartholomew @HelenBarthol]

Autocallable bonds: The retail investment success story of the last dacade has laden issuers with complex exotic risk. Now at full capacity, structured products dealers are eager to diversify https://t.co/QlKxTN1NOz

[Helen Bartholomew @HelenBarthol]

@EMTrains So why is your website now showing that services are disrupted until 16:00?

[Helen Bartholomew @HelenBarthol]

@EMTrains Thanks. Would my advance tickets be valid if we decide to travel from Oakham/peterborough?

[Helen Bartholomew @HelenBarthol]

BCBS/Iosco's margin relief will lift hundreds of buyside from a documentation burden, but they may still have to calculate IM and seek regulatory approval to use the industry's preferred models. https://t.co/Ryxy3ykZEn

[Helen Bartholomew @HelenBarthol]

RPI reform is back on the agenda but traders are being cautious after calling it wrong last time. This time round, investor losses stemming from reforms could be even greater, making a fix all the more difficult. https://t.co/tVf2k7zMXe

[Helen Bartholomew @HelenBarthol]

Differing European approaches may hamper Ibor transition https://t.co/baoN4jQ4Lq

[Helen Bartholomew @HelenBarthol]

@BondHack It's just "a form of insurance", right?