Bank of England (BoE)
Buy side balks at costs of SMR extension
Expansion of scheme will bring 47,000 firms in scope; compliance and recruitment costs set to rise
LCH set to clear 50-year Sonia swaps
Clearing house says it will clear long-dated swaps linked to the sterling overnight rate by end of 2017
Regulators struggle to balance global and local
Global banks merit global rules, but local banks can end up as collateral damage
In the balance: global regulation walks a tightrope
FSB evaluation could maintain international standards or accelerate their decline
Insurance experts downplay fears about risk margin
BoE paper’s prophesies of lower investment and thinner liquidity are too dramatic, specialists think
PRA’s tough line on Pillar 2 disclosure divides lenders
Watchdog seeks to level playing field with public disclosure of total capital requirements
UK proposes gold plating of liquidity risk rules
Cashflow mismatch risk framework aims to plug holes in Basel Committee's liquidity coverage ratio
Swaps users face potential margin bill for Libor transition
New margin rules could snare legacy trades amended to reference alternative rates, lawyers warn
Investment funds would magnify a liquidity crisis – BoE
Bank of England’s first stress simulation suggests corporate spreads would gap 41bp on 1% redemptions
BoE warns of potential disruption to clearing business for EU firms
Fragmentation of market-based finance could raise costs and risk for EU and UK companies
Fed paper reignites debate on bank capital ratios
US industry association criticises official analysis suggesting optimal Basel ratios of up to 26%
Basel group said to weigh changes to key FRTB test
EC and EBA officials criticise low pass rates for P&L attribution test
Buy side applauds Sonia’s coronation as UK risk-free rate
Decision a ‘no brainer’ but some say rejected secured rates could prove useful
MEP: Basel too slow to deal with clearing capital clash
Isda AGM: Swinburne criticises Basel’s lethargy on clash between leverage and clearing rules
What to do about Libor?
Darrell Duffie explains why transition from Ibor-based benchmarks is necessary and feasible
Model risk managers eye benefits of machine learning
Ramp-up in regulatory scrutiny of model validation sees banks turn to black boxes
Brexit and financial regulation: a delicate negotiation
The UK needs access, the EU needs regulatory data, but a mutually beneficial deal could be elusive
Regulators may consider portability in CCP fire drills
BoE, BaFin and CFTC move signals concern over whether client positions can be moved between banks in a crisis
EC rebuffs euro clearing relocation policy in Emir review
UK pushes back against French demands to shift CCP business post-Brexit
Swaps play hidden role in UK banks’ ring-fencing plans
UK dealers avoid mass transfers of derivatives
LSE-backed Libor replacement faces data wrangle
Proposed secured rate based on data from NEX, which has a competing offering
Review of 2016: turn and face the strange
Post-crisis reform has caused upheaval, but gave recent years a sense of direction; in 2016, that was missing
UK banks under pressure to use IFRS 9 in stress test
Banks unable to calculate impairments under extreme scenarios must answer to regulator
RBS must raise £2bn after failing stress tests
Lender releases new capital plan after worst performance in BoE test