Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS)
The minimally biased backtest for ES
Acerbi and Szekely present a backtest for expected shortfall
Global banks fear Hong Kong frontrunning FRTB
Local subsidiaries of EU and US banks may be forced to adopt models before their parents
Europe’s regulators grope for value of software
In the US, the cost of software is not taken out of capital. Europe is fumbling for something similar
Buy side continues with IM prep despite delays
Firms looking at custodian types, docs and trading strategies to optimise margin
SA-CCR switch cuts leverage of two Japanese banks
Leverage exposures for Nomura and Norinchukin fall ¥4.7 trillion in aggregate
Basel III op risk method a stronger guard against losses – EBA
Number and size of op risk loss overshoots relative to capital would have been lower under new standardised approach
Margin reform – From challenge to opportunity
SmartStream Technologies explores how, as new initial margin regulations from the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and the International Organisation of Securities Commissions become a pressing concern for more firms, technology service providers…
FRTB internal models in fight for survival
Basel III capital floor leaves banks struggling to justify own-models approach, say risk experts
FSB’s Domanski cool on bail-in debt for clearing houses
Global standard-setter says all clearing participants must be incentivised to manage risk
Dual IM relief may slash 2020 docs burden by 90%
Isda sees around 8,000 counterparty relationships lifted from phase-five repapering
IM big bang split confirmed with new $50bn threshold
Addition of sixth compliance phase looks set to slash September 2020 in-scope entities by more than half
Synthetic securitisations and Europe’s capital sweetener
Regulator weighs high-quality label for synthetic deals, but without favourable capital treatment
Regulators plan to delay IM ‘big bang’ – market sources
Most see final phase of initial margin rules coming a year later, in September 2021
Fed turns up heat on dollar repo dodge
New liquidity rules for foreign banks’ US branches may be hard to stop, but can be softened
Fixing the roof while the sun – wait, is that rain?
The Fed is split on whether to apply a countercyclical buffer. But so is everyone else
2022 – A market risk odyssey
Though January’s final version of FRTB offered no great surprises to those who have followed the regulation since its inception, banks now have a greater idea of what is required of them. Bloomberg explores the importance for banks to have FRTB…
Double jeopardy: CCAR and the countercyclical buffer
Some US regulators want to hike capital while times are good; banks say Fed’s stress test already does
A tech-driven transformation
A panel of experts explores how greater collaboration between risk and finance teams can garner significant benefits and add value, how technological innovation is making the regulatory landscape more complicated to navigate and produce transformative…
Q&A: ‘Stop talking about rules’ – Basel’s Coen
Standard-setter’s top staffer is moving on. He wants industry to do the same
Basel’s unlikely victim: venture capital
Changes to credit risk framework could block alternative path for EU banks to finance SMEs
BoE to step up scrutiny of daily liquidity risks
Regulator wants more data on cashflow mismatches, but no plans for Pillar 2 charge yet