Articles by Samuel Wilkes
EBA to weigh in on credit spread risk conundrum
Industry confusion persists over which products in banking book are affected by spread changes
ECB finds holes in banks’ credit spread risk nets
Banks censured for insufficient evidence to support exclusion of products from CSRBB perimeter
S&P shutters NMRF solution amid audit questions
Vendors face adverse economics due to low number of IMA banks and prospects of regulatory easing
UBS and the legal labyrinth of Credit Suisse’s AT1 debt
Court cancellation of Finma’s 2023 writedown could leave Swiss banking giant on the hook for billions in liabilities – or not
How EU supervisors react to interest rate risk outliers
Banks have faced no automatic penalties for breaching new NII test, but do come under microscope
EC mulls blanket FRTB multiplier
Leaked doc includes bank-specific or industry-wide relief on impact of new EU market risk rules
Industry groups call on EC to delay foreign CCP reporting
Trade bodies seek to prevent late-running rules causing duplicated implementation projects
Credit Suisse AT1 ruling may only benefit a third of bondholders
Swiss law may mean only bondholders who appealed writedown get compensation, if there is any
Why banks don’t believe each other’s IRRBB models
Regulatory outlier test results prompt mutual suspicion of unrealistic deposit assumptions
Reporting overhaul: the EU’s near-impossible balancing act
Regulators must weigh their desire to streamline derivatives reporting against the need to gather crucial trade data
EU reporting revamp may end up costing banks
Esma’s review into trade reporting promised to cut reporting burden and save firms money. Dealers aren’t convinced.
EU banks fear tumbling rates will upset their IRRBB balance
As rates decline, hedging two separate tests of vulnerability becomes more difficult