Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS)
FRTB: a Sisyphean labour
Banks continue to struggle with ever-shifting regulatory parameters
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Scrap ‘absurd’ op risk RWA framework, says Sands
Ex-StanChart chief exec advocates replacing current op risk capital framework with regulator-set buffer
Doubts grow over US FRTB implementation
Fragmented roll-out would price European banks “out of the market”
Republican senator slams bank capital rules
US president Donald Trump is no fan of Basel III, Perdue claims
New Basel delay throws SMA into doubt
Revised op risk capital framework unlikely to be implemented uniformly, even when a deal is agreed, bankers say
Banks seek capital relief for ECL reserves
Capital rules fail to recognise risk-reducing effect of loss reserves, lenders say
EBA call for simpler IFRS 9 phase-in applauded
Lawmakers aim to fast-track IFRS 9 rules in the revised Capital Requirements Regulation, but are also urged to clarify them
Basel group shake-up has banks hoping for FRTB changes
Barger and Durand replaced by BoE's Nesbitt; banks want fresh look at P&L test
Basel takes flak over FRTB impact assessment
Market participants say capital hit has been underestimated
Japanese banks fear 20% TLAC increase
Recalibration of Basel risk weights raises fresh concerns over bail-in buffer levels
Clearing portability under threat as FCM pool shrinks
Failure of big clearing brokers could see clients unable to move to stable competitors
Inconsistent FRTB model guidance vexes dealers
Risk models pulled in opposite directions by P&L attribution test and non-modellable risk factors
Yellen defends Basel co-operation before Congress
Fed chair rebuffs Republican lawmaker; dodges question on delaying VM rule
HSBC shakes up risk analytics team
Internal memo attributes changes to increased demand for analytics
FRTB: Basel guidance on backtesting frustrates dealers
Dealers blast “illogical” carve-outs for backtesting exceptions
The problems with conduct risk loss aggregation
Aggregation of conduct risk losses is recommended practice, but it can seriously distort capital calculations
Crowd trouble: the FRTB’s war on basis risk
FRTB will lead to build-up of risks around liquid benchmarks, dealers warn
Identification and capitalisation of non-modellable risk factors
Adolfo Montoro, Tim Becker and Lars Popken propose techniques for systematically capturing and categorising non-modellable risk factors and risk-adequate aggregation
EC gold-plating of FRTB raises risk of global divergence
Some interpret draft CRR II changes to NMRF framework as raising the bar for compliance
Credit portfolio manager of the year: BNP Paribas
Risk Awards 2017: Guarantees and insurance help French bank cut RWAs by €3bn – and limit use of CDSs
Basel set to decide on capital relief for accounting changes
Phase-in to IFRS 9 and Cecl needed to avert "a dramatic overnight drop in regulatory capital", say auditors
FRTB’s risk factor framework is more punitive than it seems
Regime’s constraints may mean risk factors drop in and out of modellability far more frequently than dealers think
SMA data shortfalls ‘make op risk review a must’
New research adds to criticism of proposed op risk capital method