European Commission (EC)
The long march: ECB struggles with supervisory convergence
Anti-money laundering supervision and emergency liquidity assistance still run at national level
FRTB: ECB postpones model approval deadline
Postponement follows Basel’s decision to revise key elements of new market risk framework
A floored plan: Europe’s CCP recovery rules draw fire
CCPs and clearing members both unhappy with proposed allocation of non-default losses
Holdco wars: Asia may retaliate against EU plan
European holding company requirements for foreign banks threaten tit-for-tat response
European FRTB capital charges hang by a thread
EU Council mulls introducing only reporting requirements in CRR II, or a very low scalar
Another Brexit: UK heading for Solvency II risk margin fix
PRA to approve local cut to risk margin but implementation may be postponed until after March 2019
CFTC commissioners lash out at EC clearing proposal
Push to expand oversight of US CCPs is “clear breach” of 2016 equivalence deal, Quintenz says
Not waiving but drowning: EU banks face capital traps
Council and some MEPs try to kill cross-border capital and liquidity waivers in CRR II
Latvian bank collapse casts doubt on moratorium plan
Lobbyists say handling of ABLV shows flaws in EC’s pre-resolution stay concept
European legislators to exempt CCPs from new bank rules
Support in Council and Parliament suggests leverage ratio, NSFR exemptions will be in final text
Market players struggle to access Mifid trade-report data
Approved publication arrangements break the spirit of new transparency rules, says lawmaker
BoE to authorise EU CCPs ‘at 00:01’ on Brexit day
Central bank hopes plan to preserve access for EU CCPs will be reciprocated
Fixed-value euro money funds set to disappear
EC’s dim view of share destruction leaves stable euro fund values impossible with negative yields
Softened EU swap stay still threatens margin hike
Moratorium cut to two days, but pre-resolution stay could make EU a non-netting jurisdiction
In the dark: pools warn late Mifid rules still won't add up
Venues say better trade-flagging, consolidated tape needed for equity double-volume caps
FCMs warn EU client-clearing rules could increase risk
Emir review calls for clearing access to be 'non-discriminatory' - might mean banks have to take risky clients
Banking union: big bang or damp squib?
Eurozone needs package of interrelated measures to prevent project going backwards
CFTC reviewing de minimis threshold for non-US swap firms
Risk of dual registration deterring use of US-EU venue equivalence deal, says official
EU regulators urged to give guarantees on Brexit transition
UK banks and insurers want legal protection in case a political deal breaks down
Tranche warfare: uphill struggle for euro safe bonds
Junior tranche and regulatory impasse are key challenges for pan-eurozone sovereign bond-backed securities
EU lawmaker wants cost-benefit analysis of rejecting a CCP
Hübner says adaptation period may follow decision to deny recognition to non-EU clearing house
Upholding values: bondholders demand resolution transparency
Banco Popular case could have wider implications for future bank bail-ins
Asian administrators in denial on EU benchmarks regulation
Non-EU benchmarks have until 2020 to comply, but swaps contracts may need to change immediately
North-South divide: Basel makes Nordic and Dutch banks bristle
Lobbyists confident EU policymakers can be persuaded to implement softer credit risk rules