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Smaller Japan banks set to adopt CVA accounting
IFRS convergence levels playing field as regional banks start to price in credit risk
Asia lenders usher in year of the virtual bank
The surge in online banking is informing risk technologies in traditional banks
IHS Markit loses risk analytics head to start-up
Andrew Aziz will join wealth management analytics firm d1g1t
EU to grant last-minute margin reprieve for equity options
European Commission to publish changes to Emir technical standards within days
Industry-led op risk taxonomy launches
Scheme aims to complement Basel classifications, ease peer comparison
First all-RFR cross-currency swap traded
Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley strike landmark €STR v SOFR trade
JP Morgan turns to start-up to manage CME margin
Bank also weighing whether to bring its business at two other clearing houses on to Baton platform
FCA steps up call for Libor ‘pre-death’ trigger in swaps
Failure to insert pre-cessation trigger could disrupt hedging of cleared swaps, warns regulator
G-Sibs eye simpler market risk calculations in Hong Kong
HKMA may need to ease rules on NMRFs to incentivise use of internal models
Fed may push banks to share cyber loss data
Watchdog doesn’t rule out “mandatory collection” of data on causes and impacts
JP Morgan debuts Nexus spinoff for hedge fund exposure
Bank launches matchmaking service for lonely hedge funds and return-hungry investors
Sonia-Libor basis narrows after fallback verdict
Isda picks five-year median for spread adjustment, causing benchmark gap to tighten
Climate risk taxonomy close, but still a moving target – EC
FCA warns of ‘greenwashing’
Ice swap rate adds RFQ data; adopts Sonia
Industry backs overhaul of term swap rate to curb non-publication and hasten Libor switch
SEC revisits security-based swaps proposal
Sefs expect new trading rules for single-name CDS to be published “pretty soon”
Credit Suisse uses neural nets to call minute-ahead forex
Bank encases AI in ‘control framework’ to curb risk and will stick to micro timeframe for now
Banks team up for ‘Ion replacement’ project
Consortium weighs building fixed income software in potential threat to Ion, the dominant vendor
HSBC’s Elhedery: banks must protect whistleblowers
Corporate culture must respect and reward complainants; compensation could help, says markets chief
Industry to take up Fed’s white paper on cyber risk
Workshop will delve into definitions and classifications of the most chameleon of risks
Ice adds insurance to default waterfall
Protection promises partial recovery of guarantee funds at three CCPs
Market participants question South African rate reform
Risk South Africa: Some urge caution as South Africa moves to reform Jibar
EBA’s Campa: reduce Pillar 2 charges to offset output floor
Bankers plead for smaller capital hit and more predictability on implementation of Basel III
Banks warn of trader crunch at CCP default auctions
Risk USA: dealers hope for more cross-CCP fire drills
Tech mergers have increased crowding risks, investors say
Risk USA: Consolidation among vendors means “everyone’s looking at the exact same model”