Capital Requirements Directive (CRD)
Unwanted Kingdom: managing no-deal Brexit risks
UK-based dealers must plan now if they are to handle trades that extend beyond Brexit day
London-based banks face ECB Brexit power grab
Drive to supervise swaps books from Frankfurt threatens cross-border balance sheet management
US and Japan push for twin EU bank holdcos
Two umbrella groups needed for home-country separation of securities and banking operations
Bankers warn first TLAC bail-in could spark market shock
Regulators urged to clarify treatment of bail-in bonds under both TLAC and NSFR rules
FRTB: industry pushes to use own quotes in risk factor modelling
Isda working group proposes use of own quotes to minimise non-modellable risk factors
New EU bank rules threaten Eurex, LCH investment policies
CCPs with EU bank licences currently run leverage ratios of less than half the minimum
Banks say Europe’s CVA proxy-spread plans lack flexibility
Dealers welcome EBA proposals but say limited number of eligible counterparties means few benefits
EU prop firm capital crunch could hit market liquidity
Traders claim they would be put out of business by bank-style capital rules
Prop traders rebuffed by FCA on capital modelling
Non-banks may have to use tougher market risk approach than bank competitors
Commodities firms fear EBA’s inappropriate capital charges
Energy lobbying overlooked as proposed regime threatens vigorous demands
FRTB could hit syndicated loans, banks fear
Accounting classification would lump assets into regulatory trading book
Caught in the branches: Japan rebuffs EU ring-fencing plan
Proposed rules for foreign banking group supervision will disrupt business and resolution plans, says JFSA
EU lawmakers consider extending FRTB deadline
European Commission policy expert says current deadline is too ambitious
Too little, too late: Esma data won’t fix energy firms’ Mifid woes
Data confusion and unworkable exemption timeframe risk commodity market disruption
Industry divided on case for European phase-in of FRTB
Isda AGM: transition period may allow time for Basel to recalibrate rules, panellists note
EU capital revamp paves way for corporate CVA charge
Draft directive offers national regulators power to override controversial exemption
EU regulators consider Mifid electronic trading lock-out
Moves to restrict third-country firms from offering direct electronic access blamed on Brexit
ECB rate risk stress test renews fears over internal models
Banks alarmed by short timeline and opaque supervisory use of IRRBB stress test
Esma turns the screw on direct electronic access
Guidance thwarts narrower definition adopted by Eurex to help third-country clients
EBA shelves CVA charge plans after twin defeats
Ongoing rule changes at Basel and EU could allow future bid to end corporate exemption
Q&A: EBA’s Vaillant on Basel IV, FRTB and CVA
Authority’s “key goal” in Basel talks has been to defend risk-sensitive capital framework
EBA plans reboot of FRTB’s P&L test
Authority will explore wider range of options than outlined in CRR text
Doubts grow over US FRTB implementation
Fragmented roll-out would price European banks “out of the market”
Non-banks disappointed by Europe’s CRR escape hatch
Proposed alternative prudential regime still doesn’t reflect the true risks of non-banks, say critics