European Commission (EC)
Clearing house of the year: LCH
Risk Awards 2020: CCP conquers Brexit threat to deliver banner year for RFRs, margin and forex
EU to grant last-minute margin reprieve for equity options
European Commission to publish changes to Emir technical standards within days
EBA’s Campa: reduce Pillar 2 charges to offset output floor
Bankers plead for smaller capital hit and more predictability on implementation of Basel III
Double trouble: don’t blur FRTB deadlines, warns ECB
Ignoring reporting model deadline could muddy capital approval cut-off
Banks detect daylight between EC and EBA on op risk capital
EC consultation seeks input on ‘cliff effects’ of including past losses
EC official: supervisors must manage Brexit trading disruption
Trading obligations won’t change, but Mifid-style forbearance possible in event of disruption
On CCP oversight, US and EU may be closer than they appear
Competing proposals on foreign CCP oversight have more in common than recent rhetoric implies
EU seeks to offer reassurance on Brexit clearing exemption
Commission can act quickly to stave off no-deal market disruption, insists official
Watchdogs ask EC to delay repo haircut floors. Will it?
EBA says hedge funds will skirt the rules, but Basel and FSB want haircut minimums in place
FCA chief calls for EU to extend Brexit clearing exemption
Bailey also urges EU to grant equivalence determinations for UK trading venues
Industry expects US FRTB proposals by year-end
Fed likely to co-ordinate progress with EU, which may also accelerate its timetable
Uniform? Op risk capital rules go their own ways
Europe and Canada set to include historical losses in new standardised approach; Australia probably not
Synthetic securitisations and Europe’s capital sweetener
Regulator weighs high-quality label for synthetic deals, but without favourable capital treatment
Hong Kong seeks European equivalence for Hibor and Honia
For the territory’s crucial renminbi fixings, however, no path to approval has yet been decided
Q&A: ‘Stop talking about rules’ – Basel’s Coen
Standard-setter’s top staffer is moving on. He wants industry to do the same
Mifid transparency regime snares illiquid bonds
Banks and lobbyists call on EC to remove emerging market bonds from real-time transparency
US parries EU jab on CCP oversight
CFTC’s Pan questions Esma’s “very complex” test; EC’s Pearson calls it “more intelligent” than US’s
Basel closes in on IM offset for leverage ratio
US seen as obstacle to consensus; committee expected to allow netting of margin against PFE only
Final rules on securitisation due by year-end, EBA says
European issuers forced to work with incomplete legislation for another six months at least
CFTC frees amended legacy swaps from margin net
US no-action relief for compression-triggered replacement trades spurs hope for EU alignment
Brexit nudges Trad-X swaps service to Paris
London loses out on planned dealer-to-client Clob for OTC euro interest rate swaps
Esma takes flak over vague CCP enhanced supervision plans
JP Morgan calls for more quantitative thresholds for determining systemic foreign CCPs
Giancarlo bows out with regulatory deference
Move comes amid row between US and European policymakers over cross-border CCP regulation
AMF’s Ophèle: we need to change EU swaps trading mandate
French regulator urges EU to avoid conflicting rules, adopt principles-based approach after Brexit