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Dealers split over competing repack standardisation efforts
Rival initiatives aim to standardise documentation for repackaged bond investors
Federal insurance bodies defend role under Trump
Federal Insurance Office and Federal Reserve say work alongside state regulators critical for industry
Ringgit NDF market collapses after central bank curbs
"Implicit threat" to banks that continue trading non-deliverable forwards
Regulators deaf to variation margin concerns, say dealers
Banks told they cannot lobby on behalf of clients over looming variation margin rules
CCP default risks not correlated, CFTC finds
Timothy Massad: stress tests reveal “quite a bit of diversification” in CCP exposures
BIS’s Shin links dollar strength to global malaise
Framework could answer many questions economists have struggled with in recent years
Securities and Exchange Commission head to step down in January
White says agency has brought about “fundamental reforms”
SEC’s White ‘deeply concerned’ about bond market illiquidity
Agency to publish report on regulation and market liquidity in May 2017
Non-cleared margin rules confuse Asian private banks
Exotic OTC products for Asian high-net-worth investors could be under threat
Topology matters: why regulators may be missing a trick
Bank networks evolve to be liquid but unstable, new research shows
Basel considered axing standardised approach to CVA calculation
Committee discussed axing standardised and basic approaches in recent months, sources say – but ruled out both
Derivatives start-up aims to cut costs at margin hub
Ex-Morgan Stanley bankers’ offering aims to reduce daily collateral flows that currently top $200bn
EBA: small banks will be worst hit by IFRS 9
Standard approach banks disadvantaged by higher capital impact and implementation burden
SG buys $1.3 billion Japan CDS portfolio
French bank strengthens position in Asia
Trump victory raises questions over future of FSOC
Risk USA: Former FSOC official cautions against scrapping supervisory council
Clients should prepare to pay MVA costs, say dealers
Risk USA: Banks say new trades and novations create real funding costs
SEC liquidity rules could punish larger funds
Risk USA: funds that have grown too big for their strategies could be exposed
Bankers confident on local adoption of Basel IRRBB rules
Risk USA: US, EU regulators expected to implement new framework consistently
Citadel exec laments fragmentation of US Treasury liquidity
Risk USA: New trading venues decrease price transparency, says Nicola White
Fed adviser defends US Libor alternatives
Risk USA: GC repo and OBFR are still viable reference rates, says David Bowman
FDIC’s Hoenig rounds on Europeans over Basel stand-off
Risk USA: Senior US regulator criticises focus on capital neutrality
Trump win forces rethink of investment risk assumptions
Risk management preparations confounded by day that shifted from risk off to risk on
Industry applauds 12-month Priips delay
Firms say Mifid alignment will minimise legal risks of key information documents
Trump victory: market whipsaw could spell exotics losses
Seesawing markets prompt speculation of big losses for structured product issuers