European Commission (EC)
Isda broadens FRTB carbon trading study to win over sceptics
New study shows risk weights too high for US markets, but data from 2008 still missing
Mifid data vendors face 4,000% supervisory fee hike
‘Cost of Esma’ crisis for largest European regulated data reporting and publishing firms
Germany tells EU to PFOF
Proposed ban might need to be dropped to prove practice is harmful
EU banks decry threat of capital hit to UK CCP exposures
EBA says supervisors could apply charges to “excessive exposures” of euro derivatives at all non-EU clearing houses
Germany fights for neobrokers’ PFOF rights
Leaked document shows Germany wants to protect ‘anti-competitive’ practice
This is going to hurt: EU-prescribed OTC tape is no cure-all
Market participants sharply divided on utility of a consolidated tape to record OTC derivatives trades
EC looks to force market’s hand in euro clearing battle
Industry exasperated as commission proposes new mandates and capital penalties for banks clearing in London
How Russian stocks still meet EU rules for ‘good governance’
Loose SFDR definitions leave room for Russian state-owned firms to remain in article 8 funds
Banks, CCPs protest Esma’s ‘prescriptive’ procyclicality rules
Dealers welcome model transparency push, but call for greater say on methods to combat spikes
Smaller EU nations stare down giants in capital floor standoff
EU member states clash over severity of internally modelled output floors for cross-border bank groups
Leaked EU doc shows pushback on cross-border trading ban
Member states propose loosening European Commission’s CRD draft to varying degrees
In U-turn, EC extends euro clearing consultation deadline
Responses to over 200 questions on the future of euro clearing must now be submitted by March 22
EC ignores pleas to extend clearing consultation deadline
Despite industry appeals for more time on EU-wide clearing consultation, EC refuses an extension
EU lawmakers’ demand for local capital floors alarms banks
Multiple output floors applied to each entity raises fears of capital increase for large groups
FRTB capital quirk for sovereign bonds bewilders banks
EU treatment of govvies under internal models is worse than standardised approaches
Market begs EC for more time to mull euro clearing proposals
Firms given one month to respond on wide-ranging consultation around relocation of euro swaps
Rabobank sees 5–10% RWA inflation from Basel III
Dutch mortgage floor and other model curbs set to accelerate reforms’ impact
SSA risk manager of the year: European Commission
Risk Awards 2022: EC debt programme skyrockets to fund recovery package of up to €800 billion
RWA increase puts ABN’s core ratio closer to Basel III estimate
Higher RWAs shrink gap between actual and pro forma ratios
EU regulators warn Basel III deviations could last forever
CRR III allows European Commission to extend transitional rules for SA-CCR
Market halts clearing shift to Eurex ahead of EU consultation
Participants hit ‘pause’ after proposed three-year equivalence extension for UK clearing houses
Blockade or blunder? Enigma of EU cross-border trading ban
Drafting errors and lawmaker’s comments leave industry perplexed about controversial new rules
Planned EU cross-border trading ban to hit most large markets
Most major jurisdictions currently provide either interdealer or client exemptions
EU looks to close Brexit escape route from ECB supervision
Changes to capital regulation would stop national rulebook arbitrage deployed post-Brexit