Financial Services Agency (FSA) (Japan)
Risk.net poll: Basel Committee wrong to be sceptical of capital models
Readers of Risk.net vote two to one against the Basel Committee's new-found distrust of internal capital modelling
Companies selling Ucits given more time to apply to provide Kiid post transaction
Sellers of Ucits products in the UK now have until 2014 to apply for permission to provide the key investor information document after a transaction is completed rather than before
FSA fears 'tick-box' approach to risk management as insurers focus on Solvency II capital requirements
Companies will not receive any more guidance from FSA on Orsa development
GRC special report: compliance costs
Sector faces compounded compliance costs
Credible capital: regulators prepare to tackle RWA divergence
Credible capital
SIG to keep an open mind on RWA probe, says Himino
The Basel Committee’s standards implementation group has begun an investigation into RWA consistency, but chair Ryozo Himino says there might be good reasons for discrepancies
Japan FSA asks for transparent double-deckers
Double-deckers in for a bumpy ride
International regulators uneasy over Volcker rule
Ban on proprietary trading could affect liquidity in non-US bond markets, regulators argue
Adapting banking supervision for a crisis scenario
Rethinking banking supervision
Ten steps to banking supervision in a financial crisis
When crisis strikes
Japan FSA tightens fund rules to protect retail investors
Japanese regulator implements new rules to increase transparency of complex fund products such as double-deckers
Shorter supply chains ease the effect of regulatory pressures on private banks
Shorter supply chains mean UK private banks will feel the effects of regulation less than retail banks
Buy-side firms in Asia gear up for clearing
Gearing up for clearing
FSA reveals regulatory mission
FCA's Martin Wheatley says the FSA's power to ban investment products will not be used lightly or without good reason, tempering some of the statements emerging from the UK regulator over the past year
Clearing house of the year: LCH.Clearnet
Risk awards 2012
Basel statement on risk transfer could halt legitimate trades, bankers warn
Basel Committee focuses on cost of protection in attempt to stamp out capital arbitrage, but dealers worry that sound trades will also suffer
Change to Japan clearing mandate ends LCH-JSCC talks
A decision to limit the scope of Japan's clearing mandate has torpedoed months of partnership talks between LCH.Clearnet and the Japan Securities Clearing Corporation
UK FSA 'lacks interest' in dialogue with industry over FCA
Industry insiders have warned a UK Treasury Select Committee hearing that the FSA has shown a distinct lack of interest in dialogue over the FCA
FSA confirms delay of Solvency II implementation date for UK insurers
Financial Services Authority to extend internal model approval process by more than a year
Liquidity swaps face uncertain future as FSA consults on risk management
Liquidity swaps face uncertain future as FSA consults on risk management
Insurers gambling future on data quality
Shaky structures
Risk Japan 2011: Too-big-to-fail rules should be scrapped in favour of ‘bridge banks’
Japan looked at the need to impose excess capital for systemically important financial institutions in the 1990s and rejected it in favour of ‘bridge banks’ which could inherit losses in the event of a major bank getting into trouble. One university…