Europe
Corporate loan RWAs doubled by standardised approach
RWA densities for corporate loans under standardised approach stand at 94%, for A-IRB just 43%
EU seeks US-style freedom to delay rules
Power to grant “no-action relief” appears in proposals from EU Council and Parliament
European ETDs make scattershot progress in 2017
Almost half of equity derivative notionals executed on exchange
Emir compels clearing surge
Share of cleared interest rate derivatives climbs to 58%
Deutsche Bank's risky corporate loan pile towers over peers
German lender has one-quarter of all high-risk corporate loans reported by EU big banks
EU derivatives market adds €55 trillion in 2017
Interest rate products account for 69% of gross notionals
Exchange chiefs back Giancarlo in tussle over CCP oversight
The CFTC may block US CCPs from acceding to EU supervision
Eurex default fund swells to €4.5 billion
Second quarter saw the second-largest quarterly increase since the CCP began reporting in 2015
Lessons from two commodity defaults
Regulators and exchanges need to learn from the Greenhat/PJM and Norwegian Nasdaq defaults
SRB should publish banks’ MREL requirements, says Enria
But market abuse rules need amending to avoid SRB disclosing confidential resolution actions
European funds wary of stress-test ‘straitjacket’
As Esma finalises guidance, some fear a one-size-fits-all approach
Risk of no-trade lists as banks leave Brexit plans late
European clients could face bottleneck of contract transfer requests from relocating banks
LCH units bolster liquidity buffers
Cash at central banks and with commercial banks higher in the second quarter
EU’s further intragroup clearing relief: banks want more
Esma proposes to extend exemptions from clearing obligation but industry wants permanent solution
EU lawmakers open to delaying ban on critical benchmarks
MEPs propose two-year reprieve for Eonia and Euribor if contractual continuity is at risk
Bank bail-in rules put European insurers at risk
The major buyers of bank debt could suffer a domino effect if the bonds are bailed in
Let regulators manage no-deal risks
EU can stop swaps market falling over a Brexit cliff – and EU firms will be biggest losers if they don’t act
Stuck in traffic: EU turf war holds up CCP resolution rules
Unsuitable rules for failed banks could be used to resolve French and German clearing houses
European LCRs improve as cash outflows drop and HQLA rises
Greek banks' liquidity buffers lag far behind EU average
Swaps data: Sonia growth spreads down the curve
New figures show boom in sterling OIS swaps is not limited to short-dated trades
Brexit: listed derivatives face OTC mutation
No-deal would flip EU27 users into different regime for UK-listed trades
EU banks cut €67 billion in non-performing loans
Greece remains the country with the highest NPL ratio, at 45%, followed by Cyprus at 34%
Day one of a no-deal Brexit: swaps and chaperones
Banks, trading platforms, repositories tee up EU entities – and dread the repapering crunch that would follow
Basel III: EU G-Sib capital requirement to jump 25%
Basel III output floor will add 5.4% to minimum required capital