European Commission (EC)
EU drops reporting relief for exchange-traded derivatives
Exemption removed from Emir Refit, but Parliament moots future legislative changes for ETDs
EU infighting blocks Basel recognition of banking union
Treating eurozone as single jurisdiction could slash G-Sib capital, but the 19 member nations have differences to settle first
Staying alive: the EU’s stubborn CVA exemption
Delayed Pillar 2 capital charge could help US banks take EU market share in corporate hedging
Oversight row could block EU firms from US clearing – Giancarlo
Europe’s planned post-Brexit CCP reforms “irreconcilable” with US rules, says CFTC chief
EU must think big to overcome Brexit’s impact on markets
Post-trade reforms offer lessons for Capital Markets Union project, writes EU lawmaker Kay Swinburne
Q&A: French regulator defends bank rules for prop traders
ACPR official wants to set asset threshold for full CRR application below current €30 billion
French regulator: we are not the Brexit bogeyman
AMF denies pursuing relocations from UK, but calls on EU27 to build its financial markets
Implementing Basel III – the view from Europe
EU approach to new credit risk framework must recognise local market structures, say banking experts
Banks fear loss of Emir intragroup exemptions
Firms would have to clear or margin transactions with affiliates in non-equivalent jurisdictions
SRB denies conflict of interest claim on Banco Popular
Bondholders poised to challenge “no creditor worse off” valuation if compensation is denied
EU insurers embrace infrastructure bonds
Solvency II-compliant infrastructure investments concentrated in handful of firms
Asian and Americas CCPs seek EU recognition
16 CCPs apply for Esma's seal of approval
Brexit dims hopes for Solvency II change in UK
Lawyers say political tensions may have killed off chance of reform, following PRA U-turn
Questions remain on scope of Mifid extraterritoriality
Global firms confused about reach of trading obligation and best execution rules
EU prime brokers hit by new rules on collateral reuse
Draft AIF and Ucits regulation would oblige more stringent record-keeping along custody chain
EC official offers hope to prop traders on capital rules
Official sees problems in draft regulation, says EU council and parliament are discussing them
The special one: a eurozone G-Sib waiver for BNP Paribas
Experts say French bank’s G-Sib buffer could fall to 1%, saving €3 billion in regulatory capital
ECB’s Angeloni: bullish on Brexit, wary on regulatory reform
Relocations from UK will boost EU capital markets; but CRR needs to remove national barriers
French ‘bombshell’ would gut Mifir equivalence, say lawyers
Leaked non-paper would also clamp down on reverse solicitation for EU wholesale clients
EU close to granting swaps-trading equivalence to Singapore
Planned MAS trading obligation would otherwise seal off local traders from global liquidity
Regulators rebuff fragmentation complaints
EC’s Guersent points to Fed hints that it would ease TLAC plans for foreign banks
EBA and ECB hit out at capital hurdles to banking union
Top regulators frustrated by push to ring-fence capital and liquidity in EU subsidiaries of EU banks
EU parliament’s moratorium plan billed ‘recipe for bank run’
Proposal allows pre-resolution stay as well as one during resolution provided bank reopens in between
EC official: focus on bad loans will drive bank consolidation
Supervisory and market pressure to tackle NPLs will force some banks out of market