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Dodd-Frank reforms tipped to survive Trump presidency
Risk USA: speakers split on whether new administration will ease regulations
O’Malia: renegotiate VM docs now to avoid March mayhem
Risk USA: variation margin deadline much tougher than September 1, Isda chief warns
R3’s Rutter: swaps will trade on blockchain in five years
Risk USA: first distributed ledger products could hit the market in 2017
Trump victory boosts FX volumes and uncertainty
Activity in interbank forex set to exceed levels seen after UK referendum and Swiss franc shock
Simulated banking system shows pros and cons of Basel III
Stability improves, but higher capital requirements also cut lending in new research
FRTB: banks fearful of risk transfer missteps
Short credit and equity positions held in banking book will be caught by market risk capital requirements
CFETS joins R3-led project
Number of participants rises above 60 since September 2015 launch
Brexit will hit equivalence decisions, warns Iosco chair
Asia may face harder negotiations with EU as result of Brexit
Commerz to spin off structured equities, scale back exotics
German bank offers more detail on plans to retreat from derivatives and bond trading
US inflation traders consider swap methodology change
Banks weighing up move to non-interpolated standard to cut capital costs
Mifid II impact on energy liquidity sparks fiery debate
Regulators and industry clash over interpretation of Mifid II market-making rules at industry event
Citadel hires senior risk manager from Goldman
Bank’s former head of derivatives clearing risk becomes Citadel Securities’ latest senior hire
China rates swap prices diverge on spotty CVA practices
Most local banks not passing on capital charge to clients, say traders
New EU prudential framework proposed for investment firms
Non-bank Mifid firms could be subject to liquidity rules for first time
EEX futures contract triggers margining spat
Rivals criticise use of lower margins in marketing push
FCA ‘working in background’ on Mifid commodity limits rules
Regulator builds out reporting platform to monitor position limit breaches
Banks: OCC guidance forced downgrade of healthy energy loans
Loans with low loss given defaults now considered impaired, lenders complain
Vickers renews criticism of BoE systemic buffer
Blanket 3% buffer would better support ring-fencing, Vickers tells Tyrie
Vietnam plans to streamline commodity hedging rules
Regulator to simplify approval process for trades, but the market will take time to develop
LCH targets non-cleared market with radical new platform
Bilateral trades would be valued and margined using LCH swap curves
Repo markets left guessing by new EU reporting rules
Record-keeping obligations of SFTR already in force, but no guidance on data fields
CSA reviews necessary after Sonia reform, lawyers warn
Benchmark administrator change may require amendments
DRW, Goldman, Wells Fargo back swaps regtech firm
Droit gets $16m capital boost to support growth of cross-border compliance service
Deutsche Bank faces op risk capital hit from DoJ fine
Bump to operational risk capital under SMA could be bigger than expected, experts warn