Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (Sifma)
After Covid, CCPs face calls for revamped disclosures
Banks and buy-side firms working with clearers to provide more granular info on margin shortfalls
Banks braced for mystery coronavirus add-on to CCAR
Uncertainty surrounds scenario design and impact on stress capital buffer, dividends
Industry calls for suspension of IM compliance dates
Associations warn phase five deadline may no longer be possible for hundreds of buy-side firms amid Covid-19 disruption
FCMs clamour for formal rule on separate account margin
Costly compliance effort will be to no avail if CFTC relief expires in June 2021
False start for foreign banks under Fed’s tailoring rule
Delayed reporting form means requirements for Barclays and Credit Suisse could change twice in 2020
FCA dismisses Libor credit component concerns
UK regulator bemused by distress raised by US regional banks to Fed
Fast-track SOFR term rate, says JP Morgan’s Pluta
Traders divided on whether liquidity in SOFR futures is sufficient to support a forward rate
People moves: NatWest Markets in senior shake-up, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
Buy side seeks non-cleared margin relief for SMAs
Sifma AMG calls for $50 million IM exchange threshold to be set annually
An old fight over margin protections rears its head
CFTC rules on margin and loss limits for separate accounts are being torn up for asset managers
US swaps end-users cry foul over SA-CCR punch
Capital on non-margined trades jumps 90%, and energy firms face double hit
Goldman Sachs is last major bank holding CDO squared
$50 million of legacy positions reported in dealer's trading book at end-June
Industry calls for 12-fold hike in margin threshold
Request to regulators would permanently exempt almost 1,000 firms from non-cleared margin rules
SEC liquidity rule delay a double-edged sword for asset managers
Some mutual funds say a staggered approach to implementation will add to their workload
Banks prepare for battle with Fed over G-Sib rules
Proposals would kill client clearing business, FCMs claim – but postponement is a chance to fight back
Giancarlo urges EU to protect CCP equivalence deal
CFTC head offers olive branches on ANE rule and trading venue protocols
ABS set for revival under US Treasury’s liquidity buffer plans
Allowing securitisations to count towards LCR and NSFR buffers could boost ABS market
FX forwards users drop EU banks over margin rule
Other dealers do not have to collect margin on physically settled forwards
Funds call for delay to SEC’s ‘nebulous’ liquidity rule
Industry groups say monitoring tools are six months from ready
The long arm of European law: Mifid alarms the world
Non-European firms may have to undertake compliance projects without knowing the final rules
Trump casts a shadow over US swap stays legislation
Changes to agency heads could delay or derail a vital part of bank resolution rules