European Commission (EC)
EC sides with big energy companies in Mifid II spat
Commission urges Esma to restore ‘capital employed’ test desired by industry
EU position limits pose headaches for national regulators
Proposed Mifid II limits on thousands of commodity contracts worry some officials
EC urged to target initial margin for CCP recovery
Irish central banker says haircuts should be seen as temporary loans to CCPs in a crisis
CCPs must be able to haircut initial margin in a crisis
Initial margin is the best source of liquidity for CCPs in a crisis, argues Irish central banker
Europe opens door to Mifid II package trade waiver
MEPs to vote on four changes to Mifid II text on March 17
MEPs split on how to protect package trades from Mifid II
Ferber warns amending text "risks opening Pandora's box"
Bundesbank’s Buch slams lower capital for insurers in infrastructure
Deputy president says the use of prudential regulations to achieve economic policy objectives is “highly problematic”
EU benchmark rules open to regulatory arbitrage, say rate-setters
Fears firms may seek to limit scope of publication if ‘index’ definition is too narrow
Isda and FIA urge phased implementation of Mifid II
One-year delay to new regime will not solve data problems, industry argues
EU-US clearing deal ‘good enough’ to avoid CME exodus
Banks had planned to quit US clearer on February 21
The case for levying an Eiopa 'tax'
Chair is hopeful European Commission may address structural problem of funding regulator
Banks weigh call for extra delay to parts of Mifid II
Some want the new regime to be phased – on top of mooted one-year delay
Fresh delay for EU rules on CCP spillover losses
Recovery and resolution rules will miss the revised February delivery date
EU regulators split over using initial margin to resolve CCPs
Rules on CCP resolution were due last month but are now slated for February
Mifid II research rules will clash with US law, industry warns
Ban on 'free' research will harm smaller firms, say banks and asset managers
EU uncleared margin rules expected by January – EC official
European regime draws on global principles
EU members of US options CCP face $30bn capital hit
OCC fears approval will be held up by absence of SEC clearing rules
Europe edges closer to final Emir clearing timeline
Deadline could arrive in mid-June; pressure to resolve EU-US dispute grows
Irish central bank warns of swaps market shut-out
Official says current clearing capacity “will be saturated” by Emir demand
Mifid II delegated acts unlikely before end-2015
Further delay to rules could leave firms scrambling to prepare for implementation
EU 'five-year delay' to Basel op risk modelling axe
Scrapping op risk modelling in Europe could take five years, say lawyers
Q&A: EC insurance chief on challenge of global capital rules
Insurance capital standard could mean a modified Solvency II
Southern Europe securitisation markets thrown lifeline in EC plan
New rules ease treatment of ABS from countries with low credit ratings
Expected delay to non-EU CCP approval risks frontloading panic
Lawyers fear scramble to close out trades