European Union (EU)
First person: depository liability
Preparing for liability
ECB compromise on Basel III adjustments gets mixed response
An ECB proposal for the European Systemic Risk Board to have oversight on whether European regulators can adjust Basel III for macro-prudential purposes gets a mixed response from central bankers
Esma: overburdened and under-resourced?
Esma under pressure
Greek bailout deal fails to dent CDS spreads
Sovereign spreads flat or wider despite agreement on fresh bailout for Greece
CDS market holds breath as Greek bail-out talks continue
Spreads are static and volumes light as EU finance ministers and the Greek government try to reach agreement over bail-out terms
Emir clearing rules agreed - but calls grow for delay to Esma deadlines
Delays in the adoption of Europe's new clearing rules have eaten into the time Esma has to meet its June 30 rule-writing deadline
UK should veto financial transaction tax, say Risk.net readers
An overwhelming majority of Risk.net readers says David Cameron must protect the City and veto the FTT
Dealers tackle euro redenomination risks
Back to the drachma?
Esma: questions grow as Emir deadline looms
Esma under pressure
Getting to grips with the Orsa challenge
The Orsa challenge
Icap's Spencer: 'not a prayer' of UK agreeing to FTT
Proposed EU trading tax would be vetoed by UK, says Icap's Spencer - if not, the broker will move its London HQ to New York
UK MEP re-elected as head of European economic committee
Sharon Bowles will serve a second term as chair of Econ
Corporate risk manager of the year: Rolls-Royce
Risk awards 2012
National interests threaten reform agenda
The health of nations
How the CCP location debate helped split the EU
Location, location, location
Iran to remain biggest short-term risk to oil prices in 2012: analysts
The developing situation in Iran will continue to be the biggest short-term driver of oil prices, as the EU prepares to potentially join the US in sanctions on Iranian crude and the closure of the strategic Strait of Hormuz remains a threat, say oil…
Conservatives take CCPs to heart after UK/EU split
David Cameron's demand for the UK to be exempt from an ECB policy on clearing houses helped prompt last month's split with the EU - and is earning applause from eurosceptic Conservatives
Banks face heavy burden from sanctions in the Middle East
Sanctions side-effects
Bonus certificates lose their shine
Bonus certificates lose their shine
Leaked EU data privacy laws cause conflict with Fatca
Industry experts warn stricter EU data privacy laws might have implications for Fatca
EU financial transaction tax proposals would hit pensions hard, say experts
Pension funds could soon have to bear the cost of a Europe-wide tax on equity, bonds, currency and derivative transactions, finds Lynn Strongin Dodds
Greek reversion to drachma easier than euro conversion, say analysts
If Greece were to leave the eurozone it would have to establish a new currency in record time; analysts explain how the process would be simpler today due to technological advances
EU member states want to use judgement to set buffer rules, says working paper
EU Polish presidency paper highlights concerns over aspects of the counter-cyclical capital buffer rules under CRD IV