Volcker rule
Bookstaber: past performance is no guide to future risks
Veteran risk chief says trading gains in wake of LTCM’s demise forged love of agent-based modelling
Regulators rethink Volcker overhaul to solve accounting glitch
Bankers urge cancellation of new definition of prop trades that could capture liquidity buffers
Volcker rule revisions may complicate compliance – experts
US regulators’ efforts to simplify key test of trading intent could ramp up data demands
Law firm of the year: Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft
Risk Awards 2018: Staff at one European bank were facing a 30–40% Volcker rule loss on their investments, until Cadwalader got involved
Volcker desks unlikely to meet FRTB requirements
Some trading activities will need to be reorganised to comply with market risk rules
US and Japan push for twin EU bank holdcos
Two umbrella groups needed for home-country separation of securities and banking operations
Covered funds seen as starting point for Volcker rule reform
Inter-agency consensus may prove more elusive on altering prop-trading definitions
A 10% leverage ratio does not justify waiving the Volcker rule
Former Fed manager Christopher Laursen warns against prop trading, even for well-capitalised banks
Delay revised Basel capital rules, say bankers
Regulatory heads at JP Morgan and BNP Paribas recommend regulatory recess
Critical Mass: why US Treasury swallowed unloved Volcker rule
Bank prop trading ban drafted in a lunch break after Democrat defeat in Massachusetts
Mnuchin: FSOC working on revised Volcker rule
US Treasury secretary wants revamp of prop trading ban; not repeal
Fed’s Powell joins chorus of Volcker rule critics
Governor seeks to simplify rule banning prop trading
Volcker fights back as prop-trading ban comes under attack
Former Fed chair tells Risk.net that calls for total overhaul of eponymous rule are misplaced
US lawmakers divided over Volcker rule’s impact on bond liquidity
Both sides cite Fed data to support their interpretations of prop trading ban
SEC’s White ‘deeply concerned’ about bond market illiquidity
Agency to publish report on regulation and market liquidity in May 2017
US elections: whoever wins, Wall Street loses
Republican nominee is no fan of bankers and a Democrat Senate would block reform of Dodd-Frank
Tough times for the real masters of the universe
Rules tie the hands of bank strategic investing units as fintech opportunities grow
The FRTB data management challenge
Sponsored forum: Asset Control
Capital sums set to drive FRTB desk decisions
Using Volcker desk structure may hurt model approval chances, banks say
Dealers 'getting very creative' ahead of FRTB implementation
FRTB will force banks to rethink the structure of their businesses