Articles by Samuel Wilkes
Swinburne hits out at ‘politicised’ EU equivalence process
Politics could further frustrate equivalence decisions in the future, particularly after Brexit, warns MEP
Esma to referee AMF-FCA dispute over inducements
EU authority set to clarify whether buy side needs to pay for macro research in Mifid II
EC to miss Mifir equivalence deadline
Draft timetable would leave some jurisdictions inaccessible to European Union firms from January 2018
Mifid malfunction: Brexit breaks data foundations
Removing the UK from EU markets could derail new European trading and transparency rules
EC gold-plating of FRTB raises risk of global divergence
Some interpret draft CRR II changes to NMRF framework as raising the bar for compliance
Mifir transparency rules could capture illiquid packages
Criteria to assess which package transactions are liquid are too broad, industry warns
CFTC looks to strengthen oversight of trading obligation
Chief counsel at CFTC highlights weaknesses of bottom-up approach to MAT determinations
Risk retention ‘substantially diluted’ for STS proposal
Parliament compromises to pass STS securitisation proposal, but industry is still pessimistic
Bank treasuries grapple with IRRBB data requirements
Banking Book Risk Summit: Data from recent zero rates era not a reliable behavioural indicator
Losing the match: EU repo rules spark reporting fears
Repositories battling to improve matching rates for Emir trade reporting as SFTR looms
Final Priips rules tipped for April 2017
Banks may push ahead with publishing key information documents before compliance date
Repo markets left guessing by new EU reporting rules
Record-keeping obligations of SFTR already in force, but no guidance on data fields
People: Ramambason joins StanChart as head of XVA
Head of financial markets leaves StanChart; SocGen management shuffle; Lake leaves HSBC
EU trading obligation threatens US equivalence
Rigid criteria and poor data could make EU regime too narrow to achieve US recognition
StanChart hires Ramambason as head of XVA
Ramambason to lead newly created XVA desk
MEPs seek solution to STS securitisation stalemate
Rapporteur circulates compromise plan after three large parties reject 20% risk-retention rate
People: O'Hara departs as Credit Suisse global markets head
Barclays poaches another JP Morgan senior executive; Berman joins Citadel Securities; and Icap hire new regulatory affairs head
UK repo decline sparks NSFR tussle in Europe
BoE and EC concerned about repo liquidity, but Basel Committee unlikely to budge
European NSFR ‘will change’, say HSBC and Deutsche Bank
Conference hears claims of an EC change in the treatment of derivatives
Banks plan risk factor exclusion to avoid FRTB surcharge
Firms hope to leave out non-modellable risk factors deemed "immaterial"
Dealers leave buy side guessing on Mifid trade reporting
Clients face tougher reporting rules if dealers don’t become systematic internalisers
Basel shadow banking rules leave industry in the dark
The step-in risk concept may need a total overhaul to be fit for purpose as the UK goes its own way
Markets losing faith in STS securitisation plans
Participants consider issuing lookalike deals without the risk of regulatory penalties
Brexit clauses put brakes on big UK property loans
Collapse in sterling expected to see in-flight deals renegotiated