Regulation
A thicket of new rules has sprung up around the investing community. Some of them apply directly and specifically to certain types of firms; others snare activities or individuals. All carry more weight than they may have done in the past, as the penalties for non-compliance have increased.
Risk.net focuses on regulation that relates to our other coverage areas – essentially, risk management and risk transfer. Right now, that includes rules and guidelines on liquidity risk, capital requirements, conduct, clearing and margining, as well as supervisory expectations around best execution and operational risk.
CFTC’s equivalence plan divides clearing houses and clients
US end-users prefer alternative compliance, but foreign CCPs want exempt status
Buy side seeks non-cleared margin relief for SMAs
Sifma AMG calls for $50 million IM exchange threshold to be set annually
Watchdogs ask EC to delay repo haircut floors. Will it?
EBA says hedge funds will skirt the rules, but Basel and FSB want haircut minimums in place
CFTC refuses to budge on margin treatment of SMAs
Asset managers must agree new protocols for dealing with margin shortfalls in SMAs by September 2020
Post-Woodford, State Street has an idea on liquidity risk
You’ve heard of the liquidity coverage ratio. Try the ‘redemption coverage ratio’ for funds
Libor takes a back seat as insurers await regulatory clarity
Eiopa silence on discount curves holds back transition plans
An old fight over margin protections rears its head
CFTC rules on margin and loss limits for separate accounts are being torn up for asset managers
Mifid redux? Esma insists on LEIs for repo collateral
Mifid-style ruling will bar firms from using securities without identifiers in financing transactions
Buy side continues with IM prep despite delays
Firms looking at custodian types, docs and trading strategies to optimise margin
Dual IM relief may slash 2020 docs burden by 90%
Isda sees around 8,000 counterparty relationships lifted from phase-five repapering
Gaps emerge in US plan to regulate non-bank systemic risk
Former regulators say FSOC may struggle to measure systemic risk in repo, loan markets
IM big bang split confirmed with new $50bn threshold
Addition of sixth compliance phase looks set to slash September 2020 in-scope entities by more than half
Sterling RFR group urges Eiopa to end mismatch on rates
In letter, group points to discrepancy in requirement to use Libor-linked rates as Libor fades out
Regulators plan to delay IM ‘big bang’ – market sources
Most see final phase of initial margin rules coming a year later, in September 2021
Debelle swings at ‘buyer beware’ disclosures in FX
“They don’t give you free licence to do whatever you want,” says new GFXC chair
The Fed doesn’t like narrow banks, but asset managers do
Narrow banks would funnel cash to the Fed to get its rate – money managers are intrigued
Asset managers urged to sign global forex code
Firms risk hit to reputation by not committing to standards on market practice, investor says
CFTC commissioner backs non-cleared margin docs relief
Stump calls for US to enact BCBS-Iosco $50m threshold for operational requirements
CFTC frees amended legacy swaps from margin net
US no-action relief for compression-triggered replacement trades spurs hope for EU alignment
Emergency docs: funds rush to meet EU’s revised Emir rules
Isda asks for six-month extension as previously exempt funds hit with margin requirements
Japan regulation sparks hunt for new annuity products
Foreign currency products hit by push for transparency on forex risk and charges
Talk of delaying IM ‘big bang’ sparks backlash
EC official's recent comments may hamper compliance preparations, dealers say
Buy side bemoans gaps in EU benchmark register
Missing detail in approved index list could undermine compliance with new benchmarks regulation, investors warn
Initial margin ‘big bang’ could be deferred, says EC’s Pearson
Senior EC official says smaller firms “really struggling” to comply with margin rules