Global systemically important financial institutions (G-Sifis)
Termination rights protocol due by end of September
But concerns remain about effects on resolution and capital requirements
Sifi status for funds could spark legal challenges
“No evidence mutual funds contribute to systemic risk,” says Vanguard’s head of risk
Conduct risk and PBR questions for Allstate CRO
CRO challenges at Allstate
Trafigura paper reignites debate on systemic risk
Commodity trading houses "not too big to fail", research argues
International capital standards expected to merge, say insurers
Insurers question whether one standard will eventually replace another
Capital inflows plus risk appetite equals crisis, conference hears
Competition with bond markets raises danger of crash
G-Sifis must improve their use of risk data – SFC
Hong Kong securities regulator wants systemically important banks to improve their ERM
Commodity traders not too big to fail, suggests FSB report
Trafigura, Vitol and other trading houses unlikely to be captured by proposed criteria for global systemically important financial institutions
Commodity trading houses face questions over systemic risk
The rapid growth of commodity trading houses has led critics to question whether these firms have become a source of systemic risk. But trading houses strongly reject such arguments, and suggest they are little more than paper tigers. Alexander Osipovich…
Exposure under systemic impact
Wrong-way risk (WWR) behaves differently for exposures to systemically important counterparties because their default has the potential to move financial markets before the close-out. Michael Pykhtin and Alexander Sokol show how the traditional exposure…
AML and framework change at Nordea
Anders Meinert Jørgensen, head of group operational risk at Nordea, talks AML awareness and pace of framework change at the bank
Insurance Sifis face bank-style supervisory regime
A suitable ploy?
Regulators smell a rat – Aaron Woolner column
Regulators smell a rat
Asia banks seek Sifi status
Badge of honour
Regulations will scare off investment in banking sector, insurance industry warns
Banks might find a lack of investment from the insurance sector under current regulatory proposals
Deal of the year: Credit Suisse
Risk awards 2012
Asia’s opinions on Basel III
The Basel Committee has published rules on the capitalisation of bank CCP exposures and global Sifis in recent months. It will now monitor how the rules are implemented, and tweak calibrations where necessary. Asia Risk talks to a selection of leading…
Risk.net poll: global Sifi status is desirable, say 31% of respondents
Risk.net poll: global Sifi status is desirable, say 31% of respondents
Risk USA: Sifi rules would be a failure if banks don't downsize
Some banks want to be on the list of global Sifis – exactly the opposite to what the rules are intended to achieve, says former chairman of the Basel Committee standards implementation group
BofE's Tucker: weak CCP recovery plans risk mayhem
Panellists at an EC conference in Brussels this morning warned CCPs have made little progress on detailed survival plans - leaving the system exposed
Financial Stability Board finalises Sifi measures
FSB settles on plan to tackle the 'too big to fail' problems posed by systemically important financial institutions; measures will be sent to G-20 summit in November
ICB report: banks face higher costs, lower ratings
Ring-fence furore