Europe
Rival TTF futures a threat to liquidity, fear energy traders
Plans by Ice and EEX to dodge EU price cap risk fragmenting the gas market

EU and UK CCPs dominated by foreign members
Non-domestic clearing members accounted for over 70% of LCH’s and Eurex’s pool in Q3

We’re all outliers now: Europe’s unflattering IRRBB test
Banks, fearing overreaction from supervisors, urge European Commission to reject NII-based assessment

OTC share of EU gas derivatives surges to 25%
Energy price cap may supercharge flight from ETDs and affect CCPs’ ability to manage risks, Esma warns
Wanted: radical ideas for inflation modelling
Hedge funds echo Mervyn King’s calls for a new approach to inflation modelling post-2022 crisis
IRB risk-weights highest at smallest EU banks – ECB
Lenders with less than €30 billion in assets consistently report lower risk densities than bigger banks across all modelled portfolios
More EU banks will fail new IRRBB test as rates push upwards
Half of all EU banks could cross outlier threshold for new test of net interest income
CCPs’ largest members account for almost half IM
Analysis of 30 clearing services shows wide dispersion in concentration risk – with LCH and JSCC leading the pack
Why central banks shouldn’t ignore stablecoins
Rapid growth of stablecoins could impair monetary policy transmission
EU G-Sibs outpace non-systemic peers on Level 3 asset growth
Increase in mark-to-model holdings threatens to inflate too-big-to-fail lenders’ systemic profile
Hedge funds doubt tall tales around UK short-selling review
FCA has never used powers to ban short-selling, but reporting tweaks would be welcome
People: LME chair quits, Goldman and BlackRock lay-offs, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
Cost of bank bail-in rules lower than expected – EBA
MREL pricing manageable for most banks, though troubled firms may struggle to meet targets
ECB group sounds alarm on ‘sluggish’ Euribor
Money market participants question robustness of key eurozone rate after methodology changes
Covid-forborne and state-backed loans keep creaking louder
Share of non-performing ex-moratoria and guaranteed exposures at EU banks balloons amid energy crisis, EBA data shows
UK’s plans to ditch share trading rules threaten liquidity
Asset managers say London’s decision to relax EU equity regime will fragment liquidity – with unpredictable consequences
Capitolis registers swap dealer in strategy refresh
Vendor’s SBSD registration may facilitate unique multi-seller platform for equity swap business
LME model quirk saved members $915m nickel margin
Report on March 2022 blow-up says CCP may need to “intervene” on deduction of VM gains from IM
Ice Clear Credit may face Esma review as euro CDSs migrate to US
Upgrade in systemic status would depend on extent of migration from UK-based Ice Clear Europe
EU takes steps to avoid India clearing house lockout
Other Asian regulators may also have concerns about extraterritorial reach of Emir 2.2
ECB ratchets up Pillar 2 charges across top lenders
UniCredit, BNP Paribas, SEB and Swedbank worst-hit in latest SREP round
LCH scoops up Ice Clear Europe’s CDS clients
“A sizeable majority” of European CDS users are shifting their business to CDSClear in Paris
FSB: third of climate stress tests not tackling physical risk
Six jurisdictions conducted exercises only for transition risk
F-IRB captured more of EU banks’ credit risk in H1
Gains mostly accrued from bank-modelled A-IRB portfolios