European Parliament
Dealers decry wrangling over EU structured product reforms
MEPs' threat to vote down Priips RTS could herald "nightmarish scenario"
Markets losing faith in STS securitisation plans
Participants consider issuing lookalike deals without the risk of regulatory penalties
Council of the EU set to agree on money market fund reform
Amendments and deadline extension spark relief among end-users
Compliance burden jeopardises EU securitisation revival
Parliamentary rapporteur undermines STS with investor due diligence plan
UFR change would ‘threaten’ Solvency II political compromise
German policy-makers talk tough in opposition to lowering of discount rate
EU could go it alone on leverage ratio, says MEP
Swinburne says clearing should be shielded from ratio “if Basel does not deliver”
Balz slams IAIS for rule-making 'behind closed doors'
Failure to engage with European Parliament will delay and undermine international insurance regulation, says MEP
Banks battle to preserve ‘good value’ IRB models
Improving credit risk modelling assumptions could soften Basel's push for input floors
Pressure grows for more opt-outs from Basel for smaller banks
Key MEP urges broader exemptions for regional banks as FRTB looms
Partial reprieve for package trades in Mifid II deal
Some trades will face transparency, but the outcome “could have been worse”
EU 'blocked' on trading desk separation plan
European Parliament cannot agree on bank structural reform to tackle the too-big-to-fail issue
Some European banks pricing in Pillar 2 CVA charge
But three dealers say it is too early to know whether corporate CVA exemption will be removed
Europe opens door to Mifid II package trade waiver
MEPs to vote on four changes to Mifid II text on March 17
Pensions industry says permanent Emir exemption not enough
European Parliament and UK regulator push for carve-out, but industry unimpressed
MEPs split on how to protect package trades from Mifid II
Ferber warns amending text "risks opening Pandora's box"
Banks weigh call for extra delay to parts of Mifid II
Some want the new regime to be phased – on top of mooted one-year delay
Carney: leverage ratio could limit clearing benefits
European officials should look at the impact of the leverage ratio on clearing, the Bank of England chief tells MEPs
Europe edges closer to final Emir clearing timeline
Deadline could arrive in mid-June; pressure to resolve EU-US dispute grows
Pension funds in limbo as EC leaves Emir exemption gap
Funds could be subject to CVA charge for period of weeks or months
Clearers challenge Massad over EU client protections
Affiliate and client positions not commingled, they argue
US vs EU CCP scrap may be settled by margin study
Isda AGM: analysis aims to end wrangle over merits of 1-day and 2-day margin rules
Banks to be prohibited from hedge fund investments
But close-ended, unleveraged or Ucits fund may provide an exception
EU commodity position limits too cumbersome, firms say
Mifid II proposals seen as bad for end-users and market liquidity
New frontloading threshold stirs up MEPs
"Hard to see" how plans honour EC pledge to avoid harm, says Swinburne