Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS)
Industry seeks smaller ‘big bang’ for margin
New study supports sixfold hike in 2020 compliance threshold to avoid “dormant” margin accounts
US banks more cramped by stress tests than global peers
Five out of six US dealers adjust capital based on stress scenarios
Regulators bristle at slow progress on BCBS 239
Three out of 30 banks compliant with six months to go; talk of capital add-ons for laggards
Shut the window: EU Parliament tackles leverage loophole
EU banks may have to calculate leverage ratios daily, potentially hitting their repo market share
AI wide open
The Risk Technology Awards 2018 have highlighted how new technologies are bringing recognition for vendors
Q&A: French regulator defends bank rules for prop traders
ACPR official wants to set asset threshold for full CRR application below current €30 billion
FRTB: trade bodies reveal threat to risk factor modellability
Swaptions, sovereign CDS and long-dated swaps at risk of being NMRFs
Amber zone in new P&L test ‘almost useless’, say banks
Analysis shows many desks would not benefit from safe harbour in Basel FRTB proposals
Implementing Basel III – the view from Europe
EU approach to new credit risk framework must recognise local market structures, say banking experts
French regulator voices doubts on Europe’s FRTB timeline
Federal Reserve warns EU delay would force US to reconsider 2022 implementation
Bank risk committees: desperately seeking risk managers
Most boards still lack career risk specialists despite tighter governance requirements
BIS renews claims of capital 'gaming'
Modelled capital requirements for identical portfolios can differ by up to 4%, study shows
Basel III ratios bolster bank resilience – BIS
Analysis shows regulatory minimums protect banks from distress
Banks struggle with BCBS 239 implementation
Only three G-Sibs fully compliant with all risk data and reporting principles at end-2017
Large non-systemic US banks call for tailored liquidity rules
Two banks urge lawmakers to provide LCR relief because they do not fall into G-Sib category
European banks op risk losses dominated by business failures
Losses relating to accident and neglect account for 38% of op risk losses at eight big dealers
EU bank securitisation exposures continue to fall
ECB data shows securitisation exposures as a percentage of total risk exposures 78% lower than in 2008
French countercyclical buffer lowest in EU
0.25% surcharge the lowest of nine CCyBs across member states
Over one-quarter of EU bank credit exposures overseas
Spanish banks exhibit highest level of overseas risk, Nordic banks the lowest
Japan regulator: we are racing to finish FRTB in 2018
Japanese banks warn against rushing rules with poor data, and fret over EU delays
Interest rate ETD open interest soars
Outstanding positions at end-March hit $105 trillion
US CVA charges over seven times higher than EU
Huge disparity appears to result from EU exemption for corporate trades
Banks fear more trades will be caught in NMRF trap
“Many risk factors now will essentially look like NMRFs,” says North American bank’s risk manager
Regulators rebuff fragmentation complaints
EC’s Guersent points to Fed hints that it would ease TLAC plans for foreign banks