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Massad denies silencing position limits analysis
CFTC economists stopped from critiquing proposed rule due to “priorities”, not politics
LCH and dealers clash over loss allocations
Isda AGM: CCP equity should not be spared, say clearing members
Blockchain faces obstacles in uncleared swap market
Isda AGM: Technology may have applications but will take time to gain market's confidence
Standardisation ‘a must’ for uncleared swaps
Isda AGM: Standard products and contracts key to product's future, say trading execs
Fintech needs new regulatory framework, says Mizuho chief
New technology creates fresh risks, which require supervision, says Sato
JFSA calls for more dynamic approach to bank regulation
Isda AGM: Regulators need to rely less on uniform rules and work more closely with banks, says Mori
Apra softens uncleared swaps margin rules
Australia's regulator follows JFSA and HKMA, as Asia leads in proposing margin-posting exemptions to non-netting countries
Dealers: narrow Japan e-trading mandate is compliance headache
Late narrowing of scope and exclusion of package trades throws up difficulties
Insurance regulators blamed for Priips delay
Dealers welcome late changes to product risk rating parameters
Japanese regulator defends risk-based capital rules
Shirakawa warns binding leverage ratio could harm banks' risk management practices
Bloomberg works with banks on FRTB data pool
Pooling market risk factor data could cut capital requirements
European banks face steep op risk capital hike from SMA
Op risk accounts for 28% of US banks’ RWAs, compared with 12% at European banks
Corporates fear price rises if Basel curbs credit risk models
Trade finance exposures would move to standardised approach
People: Nomura names new group chief operating officer
Citi loses forex algo director; BNPP’s metals head relocates to Singapore; new appointment at Malaysia central bank
Structured product hedgers shun Eurex quanto futures
Maturities too short to hedge autocallable books, say dealers
DTCC bets on blockchain to slash CCP liquidity needs
New technology set to boost repo netting, shrinking $50bn facility "substantially"
Mac swaps, swap futures face new tax threat
Isda urges US tax officials to postpone rule treating certain payments as loans
Capital sums set to drive FRTB desk decisions
Using Volcker desk structure may hurt model approval chances, banks say
Investors to sue Portuguese central bank over asset write-down
Pimco and BlackRock lead bondholders in claiming the Bank of Portugal violated the law
SEC leverage ratio meetings alarm broker-dealers
US Treasury spread trades could face 850-fold jump in capital requirements
Basel Committee to amend leverage ratio calculation
CEM to be ditched, but regulators still considering treatment of client margin
ABN Amro cuts rates swaps from €24bn covered bond programme
High cost of downgrade triggers forces Dutch bank to use alternative hedge
Unresolvable clearing houses pose ‘enormous risk’
CCPs, the TLAC and Basel III capital rules are all cause for concern, Minnesota Fed hears
IT heads of energy trading firms wrestle with budget cuts
Migration to cloud-based solutions considered as budgets fall 20–25% in 2016