Financial Stability Board (FSB)
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
UK firms lead in cross-border loans to shadow banks
Entities based in the UK had 20% of outstanding global loans to non-banks
Cross-border loans to shadow banks top $7trn
Overseas lending to non-bank financial institutions expands 17% in Q3
Credit assets of non-banks top $44trn
Hedge funds increase loan and bond holdings the most of shadow-banking entities
Ties between banks and non-banks at pre-crisis levels – FSB
Other financial intermediaries grow share of total financial assets to 30.5% in 2017
Growth of shadow banks slowed in 2018 – FSB
Funds susceptible to run risk make up 72% of narrowly-defined non-bank universe
BMR rift fuels zombie Libor uncertainty
False rate could limp on for months under EU’s benchmark regulation
Isda to poll Libor users on pre-cessation triggers, again
Trade body seeks clarity on zombie lifespan and CCP response as it bows to regulatory pressure
Substitutability cap spares JP Morgan higher Basel G-Sib score
JP Morgan could be in higher G-Sib bucket with cap removed
Top banks’ trading books dwindled in 2018
Trading and available-for-sale assets dropped €160 billion year-on-year
Now less of a systemic risk, Deutsche wins capital relief
Prospective leverage ratio should fall to 3.75% after risk-cutting efforts
TD Bank added to too-big-to-fail list
The bank’s total exposures climbed 2.4% to €931 billion year-on-year
FCA steps up call for Libor ‘pre-death’ trigger in swaps
Failure to insert pre-cessation trigger could disrupt hedging of cleared swaps, warns regulator
Banks feel chill of exposure from Fed’s SCCL
US rules on counterparty credit limit pose challenges for risk and regulatory teams despite proposed delay, says expert
Asia moves: Credit Suisse appoints equity research head, Natixis makes string of hires, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
Watchdogs ask EC to delay repo haircut floors. Will it?
EBA says hedge funds will skirt the rules, but Basel and FSB want haircut minimums in place
Splits emerge over ‘pre-cessation’ fallback triggers
CCPs say cleared swaps will move to new rates if Libor is no longer representative of markets
US G-Sibs’ TLAC buffers vary
Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs have eligible TLAC equal to 50.8% and 44.7% of RWAs, respectively
FSB’s Domanski cool on bail-in debt for clearing houses
Global standard-setter says all clearing participants must be incentivised to manage risk
Fresh scrutiny for Europe’s SME capital carve-out
FSB’s Knot urges conformity with global standards