Systemic risk
Too early to declare victory on TBTF?
Too early for TBTF call
Commodity traders not too big to fail, suggests FSB report
Trafigura, Vitol and other trading houses unlikely to be captured by proposed criteria for global systemically important financial institutions
Iosco report exaggerates hedge fund leverage, critics claim
A report from the International Organization of Securities Commissions on the systemic risk posed by hedge funds lacks substance, industry participants claim
Kill switches may lead to systemic risk, expert warns
Recent calls for kill switches may be misguided
Risk USA: Standardised regulation will cause systemic risk, warns senior UBS risk controller
Regulators' efforts to prevent another crisis are having the opposite effect
Insurers may be better off not separating non-traditional, non-insurance business, says top lawyer
Capital cost of restructuring may outweigh regulatory benefits under G-Sii proposals
US non-bank Sifi process 'flawed' and 'unsupportable' say designating body members
Prudential Financial designation raises concerns assessment criteria not fit for purpose
Commodity trading houses face questions over systemic risk
The rapid growth of commodity trading houses has led critics to question whether these firms have become a source of systemic risk. But trading houses strongly reject such arguments, and suggest they are little more than paper tigers. Alexander Osipovich…
Dealers call for ban on downgrade triggers
Banks struggling to price the risk that downgrade triggers may be exercised, leading to calls for regulators to prohibit their use in derivatives documentation
Bail-in tool required to resolve systemic insurers, says Bank of England
UK supervisor needs extended powers to fulfil FSB attributes for resolution of systemic institutions
Supervisors to assess whether new powers needed to impose capital charge on G-Siis
US state regulators warn of ‘two-tier’ system developing
Prudential Financial Sifi appeal ‘futile’
US insurers face re-designation if initial determination overturned
Central banks laying the seeds for crisis, says UK MP Baker
Chair of UK parliamentary group for economics says a sharp correction in developed world sovereign bond prices could spark a collapse in confidence
Fears of disjointed regulation of systemically risky insurers grow
Harmonisation of US and global systemic risk frameworks needed as US proposes first Sifis, warns industry think tank
Plosser warns US regulations could cause unnecessary bail-outs
Philadelphia Fed president says existing efforts to end too-big-to-fail may ‘come up short' and advocates a more rules-based approach; criticises Basel III risk weights
Isda AGM: ‘Overlapping and contradictory’ global regulation will hamper real economy
The cost of reducing systemic risk is too high for the real economy, says Isda deputy chief executive
Isda AGM: Banks to blame for regulatory fragmentation, says Basel Committee’s Coen
Bank lobbying has encouraged national supervisors to water down global standards, says deputy secretary-general of Basel Committee
LSE: "Banking crises are unavoidable"
There is only one way to avoid a banking crisis, according to the co-director of a new London School of Economics research centre - and that's not to have a banking system. By Laurie Carver
OpRisk North America: Cyber interconnectivity causing systemic risk
Banks must be aware of the risks of data transfer, conference is warned
Collateral and commodity market dynamics in the new normal
The new normal
