Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS)
Collateral damage: Capital proposals threaten Europe's ABS market
Insecuritisation
Banks push alternative to Basel Committee securitisation model
Basel proposals would kill European market, banks warn – and some regulators sympathise
Banks and EBA join forces over liquidity buffer accounting
Banks and industry groups have been joined by an unlikely ally in their protests about the accounting treatment of assets held in liquidity buffers – the European Banking Authority. By Lukas Becker and Matt Cameron
Isda AGM: Banks to blame for regulatory fragmentation, says Basel Committee’s Coen
Bank lobbying has encouraged national supervisors to water down global standards, says deputy secretary-general of Basel Committee
Isda AGM: Uncleared margin rules create dangerous distortions, say panellists
New margin rules for uncleared derivatives will distort behaviour and increase systemic risk, panellists say
LSE: "Banking crises are unavoidable"
There is only one way to avoid a banking crisis, according to the co-director of a new London School of Economics research centre - and that's not to have a banking system. By Laurie Carver
Changing hats – May 2013
Changing hats – May 2013
Paper of the year: JD Opdyke and Alexander Cavallo
Paper of the year: JD Opdyke and Alexander Cavallo
Benefits and pitfalls of a risk taxonomy
Rigorous classification of operational risks can be the foundation of a good risk framework – but it's easy to get wrong, warns Marcelo Cruz
WGMR proposals raise procyclicality fears
Proposals on the margining of uncleared over-the-counter derivatives trades have been revised to dampen the potential liquid impact
Basel Committee secretary-general to head Australian regulator
Wayne Byres is set to become chairman of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority when his term as secretary-general of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision ends
Insurers 'should be exempt from initial margining requirements' on ALM hedges
No economic need for initial margin on non-centrally cleared derivatives, argues Insurance Europe
Basel trading book review triggers fight for modelling freedom
Regulators have embarked on a wholesale review of the way trading book exposures are capitalised. The industry responded, and continues to lobby – but is it getting anywhere? Laurie Carver reports
Basel Committee seeks netting-friendly replacement for CEM
Consultation on alternative to much-criticised current exposure method could start in June
Risk Annual Summit: CVA exemptions could backfire, panel warns
Hedges will attract capital instead of providing capital relief, argues Citi exec
OpRisk North America: Reputational risk impossible to quantify, conference hears
Defining reputational risk still a challenge for risk managers, panel says
Risk Annual Summit: Basel ‘caved in’ on LCR, says German regulator
Bafin liquidity expert tells conference that national concerns and industry pressure caused LCR rewrite
OpRisk North America: Confusion remains between trading book and banking book definitions
International definitions of banks' trading book and banking book still woolly, keynote speaker Charles Taylor tells conference
Banks claim €300 billion hole in margin study
Banks call for Basel Committee and Iosco to rerun study on impact of uncleared margin rules after errors emerge
New York Fed demands better management of FX risks
Greater use of capital and collateral to mitigate all risks relating to foreign exchange trading is crucial, warns head of financial market infrastructure at the New York Fed
Bank capital models need more consistency: OCC's Pasch
Regulators planning follow-up to trading book study that revealed huge variation in modelled RWA numbers
White paper: EMIR - what are the margin requirements for uncleared OTC derivatives?
Key questions in the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) include will there be universal initial margining, how will it be calculated, will thresholds be permitted, what will count as eligible collateral, will letters of credit be included…
Banks fear capital swings if Basel III kills bond filter
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