Articles by Philip Alexander
EC official: focus on bad loans will drive bank consolidation
Supervisory and market pressure to tackle NPLs will force some banks out of market
EU Council aims to limit bail-in debt rules
Leaked BRRD text reveals all Greek and Portuguese banks could escape subordinated debt regime
Going local: Brexit prompts rethink on MREL governing law
One EU regulator has already asked banks to avoid reliance on English law for bail-in
End-users fear loss of Mifir’s open-access promise
Exchange groups have 30-month exemption from access rules; listed derivatives users concerned it will become permanent
Fed’s new capital buffer refocuses on risk
Low-risk activities and larger management buffers likely to become more attractive
Europe’s co-op banks face capital hit from new Basel rules
Sharp increase in risk weight for strategic equity stakes will capture ownership of apex banks
Basel to scrap automatic fails for P&L test
“Amber zone” will protect near-miss desks, but regulators not convinced by NMRF complaints
Not waiving but drowning: EU banks face capital traps
Council and some MEPs try to kill cross-border capital and liquidity waivers in CRR II
A Brexit financial services deal and the 12 tasks of Hammond
UK call for turbo-charged equivalence with the EU faces big hurdles
In the dark: pools warn late Mifid rules still won't add up
Venues say better trade-flagging, consolidated tape needed for equity double-volume caps
Banking union: big bang or damp squib?
Eurozone needs package of interrelated measures to prevent project going backwards
Tranche warfare: uphill struggle for euro safe bonds
Junior tranche and regulatory impasse are key challenges for pan-eurozone sovereign bond-backed securities
Revised Basel output floor could hit US banks after all
Fall in operational risk weights could push up capital requirements for market and credit risk
Industry slams ‘unhelpful’ last-minute Mifid LEI relief
Esma’s six-month respite “too little, too late” to avoid no-trade lists on January 3
EBA steps up bonus cap pressure on Dutch prop traders
Dutch regulator told to “pay attention” to pay rules EC plans to scrap for non-banks
Unlucky for some: Europe’s war on 13 Dutch prop traders
Liquidity hit feared as FlowTraders, IMC, Optiver and other non-banks face bank-style capital rules
Basel III changes set to create big winners and losers
Capital hit for G-Sibs ranges from 28% drop to 43% jump, QIS reveals
Doubts cast on Europe’s IFRS 9 transition period
Dynamic transition viewed as too complicated for banks to use or investors to understand
‘I’ll miss my team’: Rolet’s parting words
LSEG chief executive thanks firm’s staff at Risk awards just hours before departure
Banks, regulators clash over stress testing
OCC and NY Fed officials defend regulatory stress tests despite criticism from bankers
OCC regulator warns on interest rate risk build-up
Fed policy, liquidity requirements and model herding all raise concerns
A common interest in common law
Losing UK court judgement recognition in EU would not dim enthusiasm for English law contracts
Unwanted Kingdom: managing no-deal Brexit risks
UK-based dealers must plan now if they are to handle trades that extend beyond Brexit day
London-based banks face ECB Brexit power grab
Drive to supervise swaps books from Frankfurt threatens cross-border balance sheet management