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Foreign banks in US dismayed by Trump tax on internal TLAC
Coupons on IHC debt issued to foreign parents will face 10% base erosion tax under new rules
No carve-outs in Fed’s revised leverage ratio proposal
Holdco leverage ratio will fall, but initial margin and custody funds still in scope
FHLBs: safe as houses?
Health of huge bank funder rests on home loans and money market funds
Huge capital savings at stake in STM swaps debate
Estimates show portfolio would generate 250% more capital in worst-case version of new margining treatment
Fed backtracks on CCAR cleared swaps exposure
Regulator had also postponed plan to feed cleared client exposure into G-Sib rankings
Fed finalises new market benchmarks
Three transaction-based alternatives to US dollar Libor to launch in 2018
Basel concession strengthens US opposition to NSFR
Lobbyists say change to gross derivatives liabilities measure shows the whole ratio is flawed
Kicking the can: global insurance deal highlights divisions
IAIS hails “unified path” on insurance regulation, but Europe frustrated by US exceptionalism
Fishing for Sifis: row over Nobel laureate’s risk model
Engle’s tool for ranking risky firms is one of many that are dividing industry, academics and regulators
The fraught search for a Libor fallback
Banks and buy side disagree over how to prepare for Libor’s death
BAML and Morgan Stanley swaps drop $186bn on VM change
At least seven banks now using settled-to-market treatment for variation margin
Fed’s Powell on Libor reform, repo and clearing
Risk30: Market doesn’t need to “clear all US dollars in US and all euros in eurozone” says next Fed chair
Fed’s Powell: Libor death is ‘big stability risk’
Speaking to Risk.net, Fed chair nominee flags Libor dangers for FRNs, loans and other products
Fed willing to listen on CCAR transparency calls
Central bank will seek industry input on bolstering transparency of stress test regime, says Quarles
The future of risk in 10 interviews: volatility, liquidity and tech
Fed’s Powell, JP Morgan CRO, Bridgewater co-CEO all feature in upcoming profiles
Goldman swaps assets drop $140bn after margin change
Move follows guidance from US regulators; no word from Goldman on capital impact
Banks prepare for battle with Fed over G-Sib rules
Proposals would kill client clearing business, FCMs claim – but postponement is a chance to fight back
Model validators squeezed by stress test deadlines
CCAR cycle frustrates compliance with Fed model risk guidance
Fed supervisor presses banks to address CCP exposures
Regulator says more information is needed to fully understand the risk of cleared trades
Bankers lament growing global regulatory fragmentation
Piecemeal roll-out of Basel III will be “enormously costly”
Fed postpones G-Sib capital change
Industry reprieve granted on proposal that threatens $10 billion capital increase
Swiss regulator fast-track key to cleared Saron swaps launch
Ice warns against rushing new products into clearing, however
Credit risk models can dodge procyclical bias – Fed adviser
Excluding some metrics makes A-IRB retail portfolio risk model more stable
CCPs say central bank access needed to avoid liquidity crisis
Uniform access to deposit accounts and overnight liquidity vital, say market participants