Europe
Quant Guide 2017: City, University of London
Bayes Business School (formerly Cass Business School), London, UK
Quant Guide 2017: University of Turin
Collegio Carlo Alberto, Moncalieri, Italy
Quant Guide 2017: University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Energy firms say looming EU reporting rules too broad in scope
SFTR vagaries cause confusion over commodity-specific transactions
Scrap the gold plate: Mnuchin goes global on bank rules
Treasury converges to international standards, but leverage ratio exception may delay Basel deal
ECB and Esma would call shots on euro clearing
Proposals give central bank and regulator the power to bar biggest third-country CCPs
Benchmark fallbacks should be regulated, says industry
Fears of basis risk unless all users are obliged to write backup rates into legacy contracts
Is it $5bn or $77bn? Data enters the euro clearing row
Eurex set to challenge LCH estimates of clearing relocation costs
Japan seeks speedy margin rule equivalence decisions
The country has equivalence agreements with Canada and the US, but not Europe
EU regulators stymied by Esma on electronic access
Treatment for third-country firms unknown until European Commission makes equivalence decision
EU rules delay sparks fears over indirect clearing
CCP members must offer new arrangements for exchange-traded derivatives in January 2018
Doubts plague Emir reporting clean-up
Industry still advocates single-sided reporting as a way to improve EU swaps data quality
Solvency II model approvals: lessons from round one
Board members must help shape model validation process
Insurers press case for new-look risk margin
Firms call for lower cost of capital and link to interest rates in key element of Solvency II
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
Dexia official acquitted of alleged swaps fraud in Italy
City of Prato likely to appeal despite perjury claims
Council of EU holds firm to salvage STS securitisations
Market participants welcome reversion to 5% retention rate and lower penalties for breaches
Banks split on Mifid II pre-trade compliance
Esma promises guidance, but some say ‘firm, executable’ quotes are impossible
LCH set to launch repo client clearing service
Project will allow buy-side firms to access CCP through sponsor banks in coming months
The Dark Ages: US and EU unite in position limit vagaries
Regulators’ inactivity infuriates commodities markets
Emir reporting relief for ETDs causes confusion
Market participants unsure who will report client-side leg of exchange-traded derivatives trades to CCPs
EU lawmakers consider extending FRTB deadline
European Commission policy expert says current deadline is too ambitious
Delay revised Basel capital rules, say bankers
Regulatory heads at JP Morgan and BNP Paribas recommend regulatory recess
Too little, too late: Esma data won’t fix energy firms’ Mifid woes
Data confusion and unworkable exemption timeframe risk commodity market disruption