Regulators
Facing down complexity – Creating a global framework for compliance
TMF Group discusses how in‑house general counsels can help Asia-Pacific‑based organisations navigate an increasingly complex regulatory landscape by creating a global subsidiary compliance strategy that also addresses regional needs
Safeguarding liquidity in a changing environment
Nick Gant, head of fixed income prime brokerage for Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific at Societe Generale Prime Services, discusses banks’ evolving responsibilities for providing liquidity in a post-financial crisis environment in which…
Mifid data: hard to access, hard to use
Risk.net research shows four of 12 APAs and trading venues only provide information via other vendors
FRTB: ECB postpones model approval deadline
Postponement follows Basel’s decision to revise key elements of new market risk framework
EU risks backlash on CCP supervision – UK MEP
Swinburne says US could retaliate over fears of “damaging blanket Brexit policy”
CECL vs CCAR: banks fear loan-loss reserves mismatch
Lifetime loan loss estimates will look much worse under CCAR stress scenarios than accounting measure
Regulatory merger keeps China on course for deleveraging
Combination of banking and insurance regulators offers opportunity to co-ordinate debt reduction measures
Next-generation GRC
Webinar: Nasdaq BWise
Treasury official calls on Fed to review FBO rules
Senate bill aims to relax US Sifi threshold but offers no relief for foreign banks
Senate bill will not hurt big bank oversight – Powell
Fed chair says raising of Sifi threshold will not affect application of enhanced standards
Top 10 operational risks for 2018
The biggest op risks for 2018, as chosen by industry practitioners
Top 10 op risks 2018: regulatory risk
Fed’s cease-and-desist order against Wells Fargo spooks market
Breaking the collateral silos – Navigating regulation with a strategic alternative
Emmanuel Denis, head of tri‑party services at BNP Paribas Securities Services, discusses why financial institutions must rethink old practices of collateral management and instead adopt a tri-party approach, with which equities can be managed as…
Regulatory big data – The costs and challenges of better supervision
Webinar: Moody's Analytics
Only 1% of bonds caught in first wave of Mifid transparency
Trax estimates 5% of corporate bonds will be subject to full transparency after four-year phase-in
Global harmony – Educating firms on the new Common Reporting Standard
TMF Group explores how educating organisations on the approaching Common Reporting Standard can fix problems presented by discrepancies in the standard’s interpretation across different jurisdictions
Basel rules risk fragmentation after key compromise
Basel Committee ready to release new accord but patchy adoption of internal model floor and FRTB expected
Softened liquidity rule would still be ‘misguided’
Treasury proposals welcome, firms say, but watered-down SEC rule would leave risks unaddressed
Emerging Asian markets question one-size-fits-all bank rules
Nations such as the Philippines seek a more proportionate approach to level the playing field with global lenders
MTF bilateral trading protocol offers Mifid arbitrage
Nordic banks to use protocol to benefit from longer deferral period
NSFR consultation: industry awaits derivatives fix
Possible fixes under consultation don’t go far enough, say banks
Insurers say capital rule threatens long-duration products
Implied credit charges could triple under one approach being field-tested by regulators
Regulators struggle to balance global and local
Global banks merit global rules, but local banks can end up as collateral damage