Europe
EU banks in India cut contingency costs after clearing deal
Esma MoU with two Indian regulators lifts threat to direct clearing for BNP, SocGen and Deutsche
Rewriting the output floor: how EU reform options would split the banks
Making transitional relief permanent would offer the biggest cut by 2033, while market-risk changes would create winners and losers
Dealers price ColVA, but few agree on scope
Risk Benchmarking: Two-thirds of dealers price in collateral valuation adjustments, but only half recognise it in accounting
Time to let some air out of the banking system?
Watchdogs worry about lowering standards, but policy-makers eye growth – they face a difficult dilemma
Europe expects FRTB to bite on XVA hedges
Risk Benchmarking: One-third of European dealers fear new market risk rules will have major effect on hedges
Credit jitters drive CDS volumes to new highs in Q2
US retail funds increase sold protection as credit default swap index notional hits $185bn
Competitiveness mandate for Esma faces uphill battle
European Parliament offers last chance to force Esma to take more nuanced approach
How hedge funds ‘hooked’ on carry fuelled rates mayhem in Europe
Short-volatility traders with ‘weak hands’ may have created a market that breaks easily under stress
Burning ambition: will Europe join the US in setting fire to the rules?
As the US dismantles post-crisis regulations, some think Europe will follow in a bid to boost economic growth
Hedge funds target euro downside amid France unrest
Turmoil drives demand for EUR/USD exotics, pushing up back-end euro vols
Little consensus on how banks manage FVA
Risk Benchmarking: Majority of dealers still mix and match methodologies for funding adjustments
Securitisation exposures surge 80% at European banks as risk density falls
RWAs grow just 52% over four years as synthetic positions more than double
Off the grid? Dealers mull XVA cloud shift
Risk Benchmarking: 69% of European banks still run core XVA calculations predominantly on-premises, and 75% of global dealers
DZ Bank ditches slotting approach for project finance exposures
German bank transfers €8.6bn in RWAs to F-IRB methodology following regulatory approval
Swiss franc loan losses are a grey rhino for EU consumer finance
Impact on Polish banks exposed a blind spot on modelling legal risk that has wider implications, says mBank CRO Marek Lusztyn
European banks’ derivatives exposures surge 11% in six months
PFE add-ons account for nearly two-thirds of increase, driving largest jump since 2022
Industry pushes EU exchanges to solve equity post-trade frictions
Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan join calls for mandatory cash CCP interoperability
Sell side losing fight over dirty CSAs, data shows
Risk Benchmarking exercise finds growing buy-side push for collateral flexibility
Commerz, Lloyds, BPCE top European banks for interest rate sensitivity
Eight lenders face potential EVE losses exceeding 10% of Tier 1 capital under rate shocks
European banks’ SFT exposures jump 14% to record €881bn
Eighteen of 29 lenders reach all-time highs; big repo and securities lending increases for German banks
Op risk data: Crypto hacks keep coming
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