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EU commodity position limits too cumbersome, firms say
Mifid II proposals seen as bad for end-users and market liquidity
Millennium: selective price discovery mitigates illiquidity
Route orders to intermediaries willing to absorb risk, says currency manager
‘Unpleasant surprise’ casts shadow over SII adjustments
Eiopa calculations show unexpected increase in fundamental spread
Iosco likely to act on commodity storage concerns
Regulator probe touches on controversy over warehouses and role of banks
Third-party cap intro opportunity as prime brokers scale back
Cap intro said to sit in PB out of evolutionary convenience, not business logic
Power capacity mechanisms worry EU electricity traders
Schemes pose threat to electricity markets and integration, firms say
Funds to consolidate jurisdictions after OECD tax initiative
Beps project means managers to choose key locations for activities
Capital hit from death of 0% sovereign weight 'not enormous'
Banks would have to raise equity equal to 0.7% of current levels, ESRB finds
Hell hath no fury: banks irk regulators at their peril
Interventionism is the name of the game in post-crisis financial regulation
Book review: trend following with managed futures
Seven centuries of data shows average return of 13% with volatility of just 11%
Standard stress tests could create more risk, CCPs warn
Diverse products and risk profiles make standardised stress testing difficult
US record-keeping rule hits commodity derivatives end-users
CFTC rule change forces firms to retain piles of pre-trade communications
Industry questions FCA's structured products proposals
Lack of standardised model could mean different projections for identical structured products
Europe's life firms eye carry trade to ease pain of low rates
Insurers repurpose strategy used successfully by Japanese peers
How to kill a zombie - before regulators step in
What to do with funds holding illiquid assets past their original maturity date
Massad: CFTC will not challenge CME invoice spread rule
No progress on SLR changes, but ‘good chance’ of uncleared margin deadline extension
Custody survey sees $1.4 trillion of assets change hands
Table boosted by Citi's $850 billion mandate win in Norway
Banks fear ill-aligned op risk capital under new simple method
Proposals for revised standardised approach receive mixed response
Basel will address leverage ratio threat to clearing
FAQ document to tackle treatment of segregated initial margin
UK power grid needs investment to keep lights on in future
Capacity crunch looms due to uncertainty and congestion, warns Genscape’s Dale
Citadel shaking up swaps competition
Chicago firm is now a top-four market-maker on US swap platforms
Lehman vs Moore in swaps safe harbour showdown
Lawyers cool on Lehman's chances, but warn victory would harm swaps market
Aussie dollar decline puts FX hedging strategies in the spotlight
The rapid slide of the Australian dollar has refocused attention on currency risk by local firms
Top five US swaps clearers have 73% of the business
Full year of clearing data highlights market's reliance on handful of banks