Financial Stability Board (FSB)
EU still undecided on how to implement minimum repo haircuts
Concerns over non-bank leverage may derail push to include haircuts in bank capital rules
Regional US banks became more systemically risky in 2020
US Bancorp, PNC disclosed an increased reliance on short-term wholesale funding over the year
CFTC urged to take lead on CCP margin models
Advisory committee unable to agree steps on margin period of risk, model transparency
Don’t blame CCPs’ models for Covid margin spikes – WFE
Lobby group counters popular view that tools could ease procyclicality; puts focus on liquidity management
Shadow banks muscled in on traditional lenders’ turf in 2019
NBFIs grew 8.9% last year
Hedge fund losses, CLS and a capital floor
The week on Risk.net, December 5–11
FSB offers loud warning and muted response on climate risk
Global regulators say risks are near-term and cross-border, but propose only data collection
Almost G-Sibs: five banks near systemic designation
Chinese banks continue to grow systemic footprints
Top US banks have become less of a systemic risk, says FSB
JP Morgan relegated as the world’s most systemically important lender
Ready for the unique product identifier (UPI) in two years?
Emma Kalliomaki, managing director of the Derivatives Service Bureau (DSB), explores UPIs for OTC derivatives, how and when they will be introduced, and the responsibilities of the DSB as designated service provider for a future UPI system
Banks, regulators call for global climate risk standards
Carney and Winters warn private sector cannot move much further without lawmakers
Basel’s Rogers: little evidence capital buffers have failed
Top regulator disputes idea banks are unable to run down buffers, urges better communication
Work needed on China financial reforms, says Liu Mingkang
Asia Risk 25: ex-head of China’s banking watchdog urges “rigorous” changes as country opens up to foreign investors
Bank resolvability in the time of Covid
We will balance flexibility and resilience, says director of EU’s Single Resolution Board
Banks’ cross-border exposures to shadow banks surged in Q1
Liabilities to NBFIs increased three times more than usual over Q1 2020
Bank investors still don’t think bail-in will happen, FSB told
Questions over bailing in bank bondholders mean problem of too big to fail persists, experts warn
Systemic indicators surged at European banks in 2019
Total exposures increased 3% year on year
One-quarter of Libor FRNs to mature after benchmark’s death
One-third of outstanding notes issued out of non-Libor countries
Lawmakers have to sort ‘tough legacy’ Libor products – survey
Challenges agreeing contract amendments and lack of term rates for the risk-free alternatives are also barriers to transition
Credit problem: SOFR faces uphill struggle in loan market
Furnishing Libor’s replacement with a credit-sensitive spread is proving to be a Sisyphean task
Now is not the time to change the rules on CCP resolution
FSB overstepping brief by putting CCP operators’ equity on the hook in resolution, writes former CFTC chair
Pre-cessation Ibor picture gets clearer
As the derivatives market has accepted the impending transition away from interbank offered rates, attention has turned to how best to manage it. Philip Whitehurst, head of service development, rates at LCH, explores how the clearing house is working…
FCA consults on new climate risk disclosures
Push would stop short of compulsory reporting
Isda plans February rerun of Libor pre-death trigger poll
Lack of consensus would add pre-cessation option to post-cessation protocol for bilateral swaps