Regulators
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
Keeping global regulatory co-ordination alive
WEF council members call for consistent implementation of current and upcoming rules
Final US position limits rule will take ‘at least a year’
CFTC expected to draft a narrow list of contracts in scope
Regulators split on Mifid swaps transparency
Esma and FCA divided over when participants must determine whether derivatives are trading on-venue
Mifid II cost disclosures pose risk to liquidity, warn banks
Dealers hope standardised methodology for some clients could mitigate impact
Regulator of the year: OCC
Operational Risk Awards 2017: Agency encourages, and if necessary, forces banks to bolster defences
Power struggle: EU battles for supervisory convergence
European Commission’s review of the three supervisory authorities fraught with difficulties
Political gaming casts energy further into age of disruption
With regulatory change in the air, market participants must be more aware of the situations those with legislative responsibility find themselves in
Banks fear FRTB internal model approval gridlock
UK regulator said to have concerns about the high volume of simultaneous approval requests
People: Barclays ousts head of rates trading
Yarian leaves Barclays; FCA makes Bailey chief executive; Kelleher becomes Morgan Stanley president
Time to get back to the real business of stress testing?
Bank supervisors should focus on improving internal stress-testing all year round
Rolling back the frontiers
Sponsored Q&A: Gen-i
'Revolving door' has one-way flow from regulation to industry
Data suggests regulators are 'schools' for private sector