Articles by Samuel Wilkes
Dealers sour on Mifid’s systematic internaliser label
SI decisions will take account of tougher pre-trade rules, client demand and Brexit
EU deadlock set to delay CCP resolution rules
Lawmakers disagree over whether Esma should be given new powers to tackle distressed CCPs
Corporates fear EU will spike Emir Refit reporting relief
Delegated reporting threatened by policy-maker objections to use of foreign banks
Optimisation services edge closer to EU clearing exemption
Lawmakers ask European Commission to consider if offsetting non-cleared trades could be exempt
EU drops reporting relief for exchange-traded derivatives
Exemption removed from Emir Refit, but Parliament moots future legislative changes for ETDs
Own goal: Mifid II reduces transparency in some EU markets
New rules replace voluntary arrangements in ETFs and Nordic bonds, fragmenting post-trade data
Poor Mifid data could condemn OTC market to the dark
Many derivatives likely to fail first full liquidity test and escape EU transparency obligations
Shut the window: EU Parliament tackles leverage loophole
EU banks may have to calculate leverage ratios daily, potentially hitting their repo market share
Amber zone in new P&L test ‘almost useless’, say banks
Analysis shows many desks would not benefit from safe harbour in Basel FRTB proposals
EU trading venues warn over looming end of LEI relief
Expelling issuers with no legal entity identifiers could hurt liquidity and investor strategies
Seeing red: EU banks swamped by stress test demands
Banks’ stress test submissions receiving tens of thousands of error messages from local supervisors
Isin database users oppose further fee increase
Derivatives Service Bureau may hike fees for top users to cover cost of proposed additional services
European banks face ‘bottleneck’ to complete EBA stress test
New accounting rules and supervisor demands squeeze teams prepping for 2018’s exercise
Questions remain on scope of Mifid extraterritoriality
Global firms confused about reach of trading obligation and best execution rules
French ‘bombshell’ would gut Mifir equivalence, say lawyers
Leaked non-paper would also clamp down on reverse solicitation for EU wholesale clients
No safety net for no-deal Brexit, warns BdE’s Alonso
UK banks should not rely on temporary rule waivers being granted in the event of a disorderly Brexit
Esma clampdown puts pressure on Mifid data services
Guidance insists data be free and machine-readable, attacking current practices
Esma expected to tighten rules for Mifid data services
After criticism of new regime, market is braced for guidance that could pile pressure on APA business
Europe struggles to get a grip on derivatives transparency
Mifid reporting has fallen short of US swaps data, but national regulators are partly to blame
Mifid data: hard to access, hard to use
Risk.net research shows four of 12 APAs and trading venues only provide information via other vendors
EU shelves limits on structural FX hedge exemptions
Basel rethink on FRTB capital ratio hedging prompts fresh questions over EU implementation
FRTB threatens dynamic forex hedging of capital ratios
Industry says recent Basel proposals are unclear and retain burden of pre-approval for hedges
Regulator prepares crackdown on inaccessible Mifid data
UK regulator says approved publication arrangements not observing spirit of the rules
FRTB: ECB postpones model approval deadline
Postponement follows Basel’s decision to revise key elements of new market risk framework