Europe
SRB faces tough choices over Sberbank Europe failure
Both resolution or liquidation could lead to losses for public purse, depending on client base
Sanctions threaten top pension funds’ Russia assets
Top global pension funds might dump Moscow-linked holdings in response to Ukraine invasion
Russia sanctions put spotlight on banks’ dirty laundry
As punitive measures against Moscow increase, so do the risks to banks from financial crime
Europe’s banks brace for Russia-backed cyber retaliation
Beefed-up sanctions on Russia’s largest banks spark IT security alert; 100s of computers brought down in Ukraine
Russia sanctions risk putting $105bn out of foreign banks’ reach
But international claims on the country have fallen by half since 2014
EC ignores pleas to extend clearing consultation deadline
Despite industry appeals for more time on EU-wide clearing consultation, EC refuses an extension
EU lawmakers’ demand for local capital floors alarms banks
Multiple output floors applied to each entity raises fears of capital increase for large groups
FRTB capital quirk for sovereign bonds bewilders banks
EU treatment of govvies under internal models is worse than standardised approaches
Market begs EC for more time to mull euro clearing proposals
Firms given one month to respond on wide-ranging consultation around relocation of euro swaps
Boost for deal contingent hedging as M&As face waiting game
With M&As subject to regulatory delays, banks see renewed demand for deal contingent hedging
Legacy Libor swaptions face day of reckoning
Holders of physically settled swaptions in sterling and yen must switch to new risk-free rates, but it’s not simple
For OTC derivatives, the pricing (still) isn’t right
Financial instrument expert Dirk Schubert on how post-GFC rules have caused prices and valuations to diverge
Derivatives client clearer of the year: BNP Paribas
Risk Awards 2022: Europe’s clearing powerhouse hoovers up mandates at home and forges a US beachhead
Exchange of the year: Intercontinental Exchange
Risk Awards 2022: Amid Brexit and benchmark transition, Ice fulfils Abu Dhabi exchange ambition
Prime broker of the year: Barclays
Risk Awards 2022: Focus on risk management helps UK bank win client trust – and balances – in wake of Archegos collapse
Risk Awards 2022: the winners
JP Morgan claims top derivatives house, lifetime award for Mark Carney, BofA wins rates
Credit portfolio manager of the year: Intesa Sanpaolo
Risk Awards 2022: Italy’s largest lender is one of the EU’s strongest thanks to smart securitisations
SEC outdoes Europe on hedge fund, private equity disclosures
US to ban preferential treatment and introduce quarterly performance updates in rule shake-up
EU banks fear outlier status on non-modellable risk charges
Dealers face disadvantage if EU implements more granular and costly version of FRTB than US, UK
RWA increase puts ABN’s core ratio closer to Basel III estimate
Higher RWAs shrink gap between actual and pro forma ratios
Op risk data: Morgan Stanley, Capital One’s data breach double trouble
Also: Citi shells out $45m for misleading stock trading info; coding clangers cost Credit Suisse $9m. Data by ORX News
Product innovations push deal contingents beyond M&A
Banks entice new users with hedges related to IPOs and bankruptcy procedures
EU regulators warn Basel III deviations could last forever
CRR III allows European Commission to extend transitional rules for SA-CCR
People moves: new Credit Suisse chair, and more
Latest job changes across the industry