Financial Services Agency (FSA) (Japan)
Holdco wars: Asia may retaliate against EU plan
European holding company requirements for foreign banks threaten tit-for-tat response
Banks fear uneven playing field on NSFR
Asian jurisdictions likely to implement key liquidity metric before US and Europe
Japanese banks eye phased CVA introduction
Working group reports “growing need” for valuation adjustment but cherry-picking fears persist
Japan seeks speedy margin rule equivalence decisions
The country has equivalence agreements with Canada and the US, but not Europe
Caught in the branches: Japan rebuffs EU ring-fencing plan
Proposed rules for foreign banking group supervision will disrupt business and resolution plans, says JFSA
Bail-in ambiguity hands funding advantage to Japanese G-Sibs
Financial Stability Board wants Japan to clarify the conditions under which it can use its resolution powers
Japan CVA shift may break local banks’ swaps stranglehold
Introduction of pricing adjustment could see foreign banks compete for corporate business
JFSA eases VM rules for cross-border trades
Japanese firms with non-compliant CSAs can trade with certain foreign counterparties from March 1
Asia braced for Trump extraterritorial impact
Doubts about pan-Asian response to any increase in Western financial protectionism
CFTC split as it endorses Japanese margin rules
Substituted compliance ruling means parties will not face worst-of-both-worlds regulation
Negative rates force decline in yen life products
Japan’s life firms are increasingly focused on foreign-currency products
Banks fear huge losses on bond repacks in Japan
Dealers and investors face multi-million-dollar hits if rates continue to slide
CCP recovery funds would inspire risk management – JFSA
This approach would align the interests of clearing houses and their members
Regulatory intervention triggers complicate CCP resolution
Isda AGM: Role of supervisors will vary for each situation, say market participants
JFSA calls for more dynamic approach to bank regulation
Isda AGM: Regulators need to rely less on uniform rules and work more closely with banks, says Mori
Dealers: narrow Japan e-trading mandate is compliance headache
Late narrowing of scope and exclusion of package trades throws up difficulties
Japanese regulator defends risk-based capital rules
Shirakawa warns binding leverage ratio could harm banks' risk management practices
TLAC concessions reduce impact for Japan banks
Revised rules cut upper threshold for G-Sibs to 18% from 20% of RWA
Only 4% of Japan swaps have traded electronically
ETP volumes are low despite mandate and participants are worried about regulation's future scope
JFSA calls for substituted compliance on uncleared margin rules
Deputy commissioner Shirakawa says remaining differences make this more important
JFSA's Mori warns on over-regulation of banks
"The factories manufacturing new regulation are still operating at their full capacity"
In-depth introduction: Japan
Senior officials at the BoJ and JFSA speak to Risk.net about QE, Basel III and more
Q&A: JFSA's Shirakawa on Basel III buffers
"Clarification is now urgently needed" on counter-cyclical buffers, says JFSA deputy commissioner
BoJ and JFSA officials seek bank capital clarity
BoJ’s Nakaso suggests moratorium after current rule-book changes are complete