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Regulators’ margin model rules too lax – BlackRock exec
Risk USA: EU anti-procyclicality rules like “putting a curtain over a draughty window”
Covid-19 overwhelmed stress-testing models – banks
Risk USA: lenders forced to apply management overlays to models skewed by macro inputs
US dollar Libor’s fate in doubt after IBA delays funeral plans
Decision to exclude US dollar Libor from cessation plan is being treated as effective extension
UBS gears up for another tilt at clearing
Swiss bank makes senior hires and upgrades tech platform ahead of Brexit and leverage offset
CFTC’s Behnam: regulators must be alert to ‘greenwashing’
Risk USA: ESG products that miss sustainability goals may fall foul of customer protection rules
Regulators voice concerns over cloud risk
Risk USA: failure of big cloud service provider could cause “a very large shock”, says NY Fed exec
Regions deploys early-warning tool for credit risk
Risk USA: system alerted US superregional to impending defaults during Covid crisis
Asia moves: JP Morgan names Asia ECM head, Deutsche adds to ESG team, and more
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Mixed response to Esma’s clearing carve-out for optimisation
Long-awaited proposal must be replicated by US and UK to be effective, participants say
Quarles’ legacy Libor contracts plan stirs confusion
Cryptic comment feeds speculation about synthetic US dollar Libor – prompting pushback from ARRC
NY Fed’s Stiroh: ‘cultural capital’ at risk in pandemic
Risk USA: remote working could “erode” the culture of financial firms, says senior regulator
To offset US sanctions risk, banks bake in China loan clauses
Global lenders seek to hedge against the threat of US sanctions on China – which seems unlikely to ease under Biden
Bilateral streams slash FX trading costs by 80%, dealers claim
Risk Live: At some banks, 70% of spot is now traded via bilateral feeds
Bloomberg joins race for SOFR credit add-on
Benchmark provider building bolt-on adjustment from short-term bank lending data
China structured products could surge after QFII relaxation
Changes to market access scheme allow new hedging methods, but detailed guidelines still pending
Varying bank leverage ratio could fix ‘broken’ repo market
Risk Live: Repo with buy side should incur different leverage ratio, suggests big asset manager
SOFR trading tails off after ‘big bang’ boost
Volumes peak, then slow down on CCPs’ shift to new RFR, but remain above 2020 averages
UK inflation reform date to be set in November
RPI switch could happen as early as 2025 to reduce government payouts on gilt linkers, experts suggest
Ion-Broadway merger approved with strings attached
Broadway chief executive Tyler Moeller leads consortium to buy divested fixed income business
Quants worry inflation risks could sink stocks
Research from ex-BoE official Sushil Wadhwani shows stocks may struggle when inflation is high
BoE warns banks: start preparing for a higher carbon price
Risk Live: stress tests should assume rising carbon price, regardless of government policy, says Breeden
Aaron Brown: to learn how to handle a crisis, create one
Scenario analysis still isn’t taken seriously; it should be, says AQR’s former risk chief
EBA wants Basel to revisit prudential rules on software
Banking regulator set to soften capital impact of IT assets, but proposals are still out of line with US
Congress readies surprise ‘tough legacy’ Libor fix
Federal legislation to ensure legacy Libor contracts can move to SOFR is in the works