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EU infighting blocks Basel recognition of banking union
Treating eurozone as single jurisdiction could slash G-Sib capital, but the 19 member nations have differences to settle first
Q&A: EU’s Hübner on Brexit and future of equivalence
Top EU lawmaker discusses improvements to equivalence, contract continuity and clearing relocation
Staying alive: the EU’s stubborn CVA exemption
Delayed Pillar 2 capital charge could help US banks take EU market share in corporate hedging
EU must think big to overcome Brexit’s impact on markets
Post-trade reforms offer lessons for Capital Markets Union project, writes EU lawmaker Kay Swinburne
Shut the window: EU Parliament tackles leverage loophole
EU banks may have to calculate leverage ratios daily, potentially hitting their repo market share
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
EC official offers hope to prop traders on capital rules
Official sees problems in draft regulation, says EU council and parliament are discussing them
The special one: a eurozone G-Sib waiver for BNP Paribas
Experts say French bank’s G-Sib buffer could fall to 1%, saving €3 billion in regulatory capital
ECB’s Angeloni: bullish on Brexit, wary on regulatory reform
Relocations from UK will boost EU capital markets; but CRR needs to remove national barriers
Esma clampdown puts pressure on Mifid data services
Guidance insists data be free and machine-readable, attacking current practices
CCPs must step up cyber risk efforts, says EU legislator
Policymakers want more focus on non-default loss resources; Eurex Clearing’s Mueller flags investment risk
EBA and ECB hit out at capital hurdles to banking union
Top regulators frustrated by push to ring-fence capital and liquidity in EU subsidiaries of EU banks
EU parliament’s moratorium plan billed ‘recipe for bank run’
Proposal allows pre-resolution stay as well as one during resolution provided bank reopens in between
European banks face forex volatility on bail-in ratios
Use of funding in foreign currencies creates new risk, especially in non-eurozone countries
Mifid data: hard to access, hard to use
Risk.net research shows four of 12 APAs and trading venues only provide information via other vendors
EU’s evolving CCP resolution rules get mixed reviews
Isda AGM: Parliament tackles big issues in recovery and resolution text, but 'doesn’t go far enough'
Swinburne: post-Brexit financial services deal could work
Isda AGM: Idea of comprehensive EU-UK deal immediately worries CFTC official
EU shelves limits on structural FX hedge exemptions
Basel rethink on FRTB capital ratio hedging prompts fresh questions over EU implementation
Europe’s co-op banks face capital hit from new Basel rules
Sharp increase in risk weight for strategic equity stakes will capture ownership of apex banks
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
Basel to scrap automatic fails for P&L test
“Amber zone” will protect near-miss desks, but regulators not convinced by NMRF complaints
EU risks backlash on CCP supervision – UK MEP
Swinburne says US could retaliate over fears of “damaging blanket Brexit policy”