Ring-fencing
EU 'blocked' on trading desk separation plan
European Parliament cannot agree on bank structural reform to tackle the too-big-to-fail issue
BoE reveals final element of ring-fencing framework
Systemic risk buffer aims to dampen banking sector stress
Time running out for ‘Herculean’ UK bank ring-fencing task
Final rules needed by early 2016, say banks, or implementation deadline could be missed
Q&A: Visco of Bank of Italy on bank reforms and supervision
Splitting off prop trading would ‘complement’ EU resolution regime
Regional swaps booking replacing global hubs
Banks complain of mixed supervisory messages, but regionalisation trend is clear
GFMA, IIF, Isda plan liquidity lobbying push
Draft report urges regulators to consider impact of FRTB and FTT on markets
HSBC admits to misgivings over ring-fence amid cost complaints
Vickers "surprised" by bank's loss of enthusiasm given its support in 2012
Thomas Hoenig: ending swaps push-out was a mistake
"I want to see more capital held against these activities," says FDIC vice-chair
Q&A: SSM's Nouy on Europe's capital confusion
Chair of eurozone watchdog tells Risk.net member states should ditch carve-outs
Murray report emphasises competition concerns
Larger lenders have capital advantage, inquiry finds
Derivatives house of the year: HSBC
Derivatives house of the year: HSBC
Double trouble: UK banks face threat of twin ringfences
The post-crisis years have been punctuated by calls for big banks to be broken up. Nothing quite that dramatic is happening, but ring-fencing proposals in Europe – and a de facto fence around foreign banks in the US – are nudging the industry towards a…
Global liquidity flows threatened by Dodd-Frank provision on foreign banks
Japanese banks criticise proposed US regulation of foreign banking entities
Q&A: Christian Clausen on bank capital, systemic risk buffers and bail-in debt
Hitting the buffers
Risk 25 firms of the future: Basel Committee
Implementing rules and filling in gaps
Lords take Vickers to task over robustness of plans
Vickers faced fierce questioning on Independent Commission on Banking’s final report and recommendations; incentive for banks to cheat the system discussed
Video: BBA gives first, exclusive views on the ICB report
In an exclusive interview, the BBA discusses whether the ICB should have looked more closely at other separation models for its final report on financial stability in the UK
UK's ICB report a further complication for banks
The ICB's final report gives banks another layer of capital requirements to deal with
ICB's ring-fencing may spell the end for free banking
Industry experts fear ring-fencing of banks' retail operations as proposed in the ICB's interim report may spell the end for free banking in the UK
SEC rule on broker-dealers must be equivalent to the EU Directive on Financial Conglomerates, says SIA
The Securities Industry Association (SIA) has urged the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the US Department of Treasury to ensure that the proposed rule on the Alternative Net Capital Requirements for Broker-Dealers that are part of…