Subject: Esma snares bond venues, Fed funds surge, and a storm in climate risk

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Regulation
Esma supervision proposals ensnare Bloomberg and Tradeweb
Derivatives and bonds venues would become subject to centralised supervision
19 Feb 2026   |  News
Markets
Repo stress drove 2025 SOFR-to-fed funds swap pivot
SOFR OIS volumes slipped to almost half of fed funds activity during September repo spikes
18 Feb 2026   |  News
Climate risk
‘The models are not bloody wrong’: a storm in climate risk
Risk.net’s latest benchmarking exercise shows banks confronting decades-long exposures, while grappling with political headwinds, limited resources and data gaps
19 Feb 2026   |  Special
Regulation
Industry frowns on FCA’s single-sided trade reporting efforts
Buy side warns UK attempt to ease Mifir burden may miss target; dealers aren’t happy either
17 Feb 2026   |  News
Views
Podcast: Pietro Rossi on credit ratings and volatility models
Stochastic approaches and calibration speed improve established models in credit and equity
13 Feb 2026   |  Opinion
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STAT OF THE WEEK

November VAR breach keeps Barclays in amber zone

UK bank remains subject to higher regulatory multiplier for VAR-based market risk capital after notching another hypothetical backtesting exception in Q4 2025. 

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

Markets never forget: the lasting impression of square-root impact

“Price impact is not merely about slippage around a ‘true’ price: when markets are inelastic, trading changes prices in a way that can persist and therefore changes the investment landscape itself” – Jean-Philippe Bouchaud, Capital Fund Management  

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