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BPI says SR 11-7 should go; bank model risk chiefs say ‘no’
Lobby group wants US guidance repealed; practitioners want consistent model supervision and audit
CME rankles market data users with licensing changes
Exchange began charging for historically free end-of-day data in 2025
CME outage exposed FX market’s futures dependency, says SNB
Study finds EUR/USD spreads widened eightfold as non-bank PTFs blew out by nearly 30 times in November halt
Gap risk fears push FX traders into Sunday-night Asia hours
Volumes surge at Singapore open as Trump’s weekend announcements force early risk management
Fed review of mortgage servicing risk-weight to help Western Alliance most
Bowman proposal to revisit 250% risk-weight could reshape $92 billion of RWAs
We’re gonna need a bigger board: geopolitical risk takes centre stage
As threats multiply, responsibility for geopolitical risk is shifting to ERM teams
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Trading platforms
Esma supervision proposals ensnare Bloomberg and Tradeweb
Derivatives and bonds venues would become subject to centralised supervision
BBVA joins growing Spire repack platform
Spanish bank becomes 19th dealer on multi-bank SPV issuer amid rising investor interest
Banks eye cost cuts ahead of RateStream Treasuries push
FX SpotStream’s move into rates seen as both fee-saver and potential boost to streaming execution
JP Morgan gives corporates an FX blockchain boost
Kinexys digital platform speeds cross-currency, cross-entity client payments
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Fed review of mortgage servicing risk-weight to help Western Alliance most
Bowman proposal to revisit 250% risk-weight could reshape $92 billion of RWAs
Risk Benchmarking
Many banks yet to factor climate into credit risk models
More than a third of banks do not quantify climate risk impact on credit portfolios, study finds
Bank regulation
ISITC’s Paul Fullam on the ‘anxiety’ over T+1 in Europe
Trade processing chair blames budget constraints, testing and unease over operational risk ahead of settlement move
Market doesn’t share FSB concerns over basis trade
Industry warns tougher haircut regulation could restrict market capacity as debt issuance rises
Fed fractures post-SVB consensus on emergency liquidity
New supervisory principles support FHLB funding over discount window preparedness
ECB seeks capital clarity on Spire repacks
Dealers split between counterparty credit risk and market risk frameworks for repack RWAs
Repo stress drove 2025 SOFR-to-fed funds swap pivot
SOFR OIS volumes slipped to almost half of fed funds activity during September repo spikes
Investing
Real money investors cash in as dispersion nears record levels
Implied spreads were elevated to start 2026. Realised levels have been “almost unprecedented”
How Optimal aims to shake up US retail options trading
New wholesaler has assembled a team of market-makers to compete with Citadel, IMC/Dash and Jane Street
Industry frowns on FCA’s single-sided trade reporting efforts
Buy side warns UK attempt to ease Mifir burden may miss target; dealers aren’t happy either
Ram AI’s quest to build an agentic multi-strategy hedge fund
The Swiss fund already runs an artificial intelligence model factory and a team of agentic credit analysts
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