United Kingdom (UK)
Rapid changes to UK power as gates open for smart consumers
Elexon’s proposed changes to the UK’s Balancing and Settlement Code will have a huge impact on forecasting, says expert
Shut the window: EU Parliament tackles leverage loophole
EU banks may have to calculate leverage ratios daily, potentially hitting their repo market share
FCA could kill off Libor, says Bailey
Warning breaks new ground, provoking immediate responses at CFTC meeting
Brexit threatens some swaptions trades
Force majeure clauses could be triggered on physically settled contracts
French regulator: we are not the Brexit bogeyman
AMF denies pursuing relocations from UK, but calls on EU27 to build its financial markets
UK bank funding costs spike in Q1 – BoE
Total term debt issuance is around 60% higher this year to date than at the same points in 2016 and 2017
UK banks ramp up market risk
Market RWAs up £18 billion in first quarter
CPI bonds set for growth, say dealers
Double issuance sparks hopes for inflation-linked swap market
Ring-fencing to starve investment banks of deposit funding
BoE data estimates non-ring-fenced banks will have access to just 4% of household deposits
Brexit dims hopes for Solvency II change in UK
Lawyers say political tensions may have killed off chance of reform, following PRA U-turn
Fraud makes up bulk of UK bank op risk loss events
Internal and external fraud on average equalled 64% of all op risk events in 2017 across four large dealers
BoE to set tolerance levels for operational disruptions
Regulator cites recent TSB and RBS outages as it plans incident response framework
Model and policy changes behind billions in UK bank RWA shifts
Net capital charges of £368 million across five lenders attributable to model updates alone
EC official offers hope to prop traders on capital rules
Official sees problems in draft regulation, says EU council and parliament are discussing them
Some banks open to committing to Libor post-2021
At least two houses concerned about risks of transitioning to alternative rates
Credit data: ‘dirty diesel’ woes weigh on autoparts firms
Auto supplier default risks have jumped, as environmental concerns hit prospects for diesel vehicles, says David Carruthers of Credit Benchmark
Mark Yallop on conflicts in fixed income
Banks and their clients need protocol on information sharing, says FMSB chair
Lenders save £200 million as UK bank levy shrinks
Aggregate levy brings in £206 million less year-on-year across five largest banks
French ‘bombshell’ would gut Mifir equivalence, say lawyers
Leaked non-paper would also clamp down on reverse solicitation for EU wholesale clients
US CVA charges over seven times higher than EU
Huge disparity appears to result from EU exemption for corporate trades
No safety net for no-deal Brexit, warns BdE’s Alonso
UK banks should not rely on temporary rule waivers being granted in the event of a disorderly Brexit
UK derivatives market continues to shrink
Gross market values lowest since December 2007
UK bank derivative balances a mixed bag
Mark-to-market derivative balances with UK entities deteriorate; improve with non-UK firms
G-Sib swap portfolios reveal transatlantic divide
EU banks record 16% fall in non-cleared swaps, while US dealers see 9% growth