Articles by Philip Alexander
French banks cry foul over EBA’s 2020 stress-test plan
Assumptions about the cost of household sight deposits are “not plausible”, critics say
Stress-testing: still worth the stress?
There may be more efficient ways to assess if banks are misjudging their risks
Keeping watch: EBA stress-testing head plans overhaul
Top-down approach, dynamic balance sheet and multiple shock scenarios all possible for 2022
FCA official: stick with overnight rates for all new contracts
Schooling Latter limits term rates to legacy contracts and wants backward-looking method for loans
US clearing houses need not take collateral damage from Brexit
There are signs the US and EU will pull back from the brink in dispute over CCPs
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
How banks game stress tests: the ‘shocking’ truth
Leaked memo exposes effort to swap out risky assets despite Fed’s push to end “window dressing”
Floating start date for 2020 stress test alarms EU banks
Regulator proposal could lead to less reliable market risk data, critics warn
EU seeks to offer reassurance on Brexit clearing exemption
Commission can act quickly to stave off no-deal market disruption, insists official
When regulators become nationalists
EU’s new treatment of bank software assets is partly a response to global competitive pressures
Europe’s regulators grope for value of software
In the US, the cost of software is not taken out of capital. Europe is fumbling for something similar
Fed turns up heat on dollar repo dodge
New liquidity rules for foreign banks’ US branches may be hard to stop, but can be softened
BoE to step up scrutiny of daily liquidity risks
Regulator wants more data on cashflow mismatches, but no plans for Pillar 2 charge yet
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
How capital rules overwhelmed bank strategy
Regulators shouldn’t run a bank – but Basel III and stress tests have put them in the cockpit
Fresh scrutiny for Europe’s SME capital carve-out
FSB’s Knot urges conformity with global standards
EU’s new securitisation market stumbles at the starting gate
Lack of single supervisory authority is hampering EU efforts to create new markets
New EU rules threaten to lock out US prop traders
Revisions to Mifid equivalence make opaque demands requiring “psychic abilities”, warn lawyers
EU-Singapore trade deal awakens sovereign restructuring fears
Many worry that EU government bonds are now in play for international arbitration
Prop traders sound warning over EU capital regime
Non-banks fear topsy-turvy capital requirements under new rules based on clearing margin
Metro Bank loan blunder perplexes industry
Bankers surprised risk-weight errors went unnoticed, warn they could harm bank’s IRB aspirations
Credit risk quants are hitting the tech gap
An appetite to cut the costs of IRB is constrained by tougher regulatory scrutiny
Pooled resources offer way to keep credit models afloat
Supervisors drive banks to seek more corporate default data and cost-effective model improvements