United States
OCC forms working group to tackle fraud
OpRisk North America: Rise in cyber fraud prompts US regulator to reassess guidance to examiners
Tullett Prebon and the mystery Clob
How tpSef quietly kept voice broking alive in a regime designed for e-trading
CECL vs CCAR: banks fear loan-loss reserves mismatch
Lifetime loan loss estimates will look much worse under CCAR stress scenarios than accounting measure
CFTC set to partner with SEC on CDS supervision
Move could open the door to single-name clearing mandate, say experts
CFTC commissioners lash out at EC clearing proposal
Push to expand oversight of US CCPs is “clear breach” of 2016 equivalence deal, Quintenz says
Fed vs Fed: central bank faces traps of its own making
Fed’s balance sheet normalisation goal set to collide with its banking system resilience aims
Treasury official calls on Fed to review FBO rules
Senate bill aims to relax US Sifi threshold but offers no relief for foreign banks
Senate bill will not hurt big bank oversight – Powell
Fed chair says raising of Sifi threshold will not affect application of enhanced standards
Shale, pipelines and hubs: turmoil ahead for US gas hedging
Regional market correlations in flux amid structural change
US clearing banks still push for leverage ratio IM offset
Potential cut in ratio and adoption of SA-CCR not enough to stop shake-out, FCMs warn
Waiting for Giancarlo
CFTC no-action relief to be codified, but big changes on de minimis and position limits still distant
Old dispersion product signals new vol regime
Return of pre-crisis, ‘theta-flat’ trades an early sign of shifting volatility expectations
Now casting: options traders needed for disaster movie
Gamma deserves share of spotlight in volatility drama
Giancarlo undercuts SDRs' push for dual-sided reporting
CFTC chairman says US single-sided reporting regime is ‘the better approach’
Volatility trap: how gamma roused a market monster
Rates market is exposed to some of the same factors that caused equity volatility to explode in February
DRW calls for physical settlement of bitcoin futures
Prop shop’s head of market structure says underlying spot exchanges are not transparent enough
EU market abuse rules could trip alternative data users
Regulators might treat some new datasets as inside information, lawyers say
Credit data: Brexit gloom lifting for UK companies?
David Carruthers of Credit Benchmark looks at the most recent trends in bank-sourced credit data
Exchanges and FCMs clash over bitcoin clearing carve-out
Market participants say CME, CBOE should clear bitcoin futures separately
LCH, CME or OTC? Forex traders weigh their options
Bilateral trading costs bite but dealers lukewarm on both firms’ plans for forex options clearing
Foreign banks in US dismayed by Trump tax on internal TLAC
Coupons on IHC debt issued to foreign parents will face 10% base erosion tax under new rules