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PRA struggles to follow Fed’s FRTB modelling moves
Market risk experts say minor differences in US rules add up to more incentives for IMA adoption
Op risk data: Japanese restaurant payments firm swallows $700m loss
Also: Bank of Baroda fraud filing, Wells’ Ponzi woes, and Swedbank’s Panama Papers payout. Data by ORX News
European banks rebuild AT1 capital stock
Additional Tier 1 capital up 26% since end of 2023
UK’s benchmark rewrite threatens access to Asia NDF fixings
Key offshore rates likely to fall in scope of new regime, potentially pushing them out of bounds
Middle East risks lift StanChart Stage 2 loans
Early alert exposures rise $1.5 billion as conflict-related downgrades mount
Cross-border credit posts biggest rise since Covid
Derivatives claims on overseas NBFIs rise 16% to $2 trillion
Chain reaction: can the UK drive demand for digital gilts?
Market will need regulatory clarity, fungibility with traditional issuance and interoperable protocols
Barclays LCR hits three-year low as outflows rise
Net stressed outflows rise £9.4 billion while liquid assets hold steady
BoE leverage overhaul could free up $9bn for UK banks
NatWest and Lloyds stand to benefit the most, while HSBC and StanChart face modest increases
Model risk managers see growing regulatory divergence
Risk Benchmarking study finds most banks expect easing of model risk supervisory scrutiny in the US, but tightening in Europe
Risk density and capital requirements inversely related – FSI
Report says jurisdictions could be choosing between higher capital requirements or model restrictions
Red alert: how Nasdaq’s Smarts became surveillance blind spot
Software that looks for shifty trades has been asleep on the job, affecting alerts for hundreds of products
CCP liquidity risk measures hit highs in Q1
LCH, HKEX, JSCC and OCC set payment obligation records
UK undercuts EU on stablecoin capital requirements
FCA relaxation from 2% to 1% could spark “race to the bottom” on capital
Banks welcome UK IMA eligibility test delay, but some want more
Risk Live: PRA extends monitoring for ‘Spearman’ test, while US regulators drop correlation metric
Former MI6 chief urges AI slowdown
Risk Live: Other AI firms will be “in exactly the same space” as Anthropic’s Mythos, warns Moore
How electronic quoting could jolt gilts back to life
While UK government bond market stagnates, Italy boosts on-venue trading with dealer incentives. Should London take a leaf from Rome’s bookrunners?
Iran war drives record CCP margin calls
NSCC, CCIL and CME among clearing houses reporting peak VM and IM calls in Q1
European banks disclose €120bn of private credit exposure
Deutsche Bank and Barclays lead disclosed totals in Q1, but reporting gaps hamper comparison
We won’t copy UST clearing mandate wholesale in UK – BoE
Senior official also indicates that any minimum repo haircuts will likely be calculated at portfolio level
Everything is connected: Santander’s US CRO shuns siloed thinking
Rise of AI intensifies links between fraud, cyber, third-party and other operational risk categories