Fragmentation
‘Nightmare’ of uncertainty plagues FRTB model applications
Shifting timetable and rule tweaks that could alter incentives dampen appetite for internal models
Credit risk capital models hanging by a thread in the US
Industry insiders expect Fed to drop IRB and IMM when adopting Basel III, but market risk models may survive
JPM: EU corporate CVA exemption could split swaps liquidity
Isda AGM: Market may price in permanent lower capital charge if exemption retained in CRR III
Optiver aims to gatecrash FX options private party
Dutch non-bank hopes to exploit shift to electronic markets in OTC options, following record $7bn trading day
Lifetime achievement award: Mark Carney
Risk Awards 2022: The calm at the eye of the storm of post-crisis regulation and climate risk management
EU firms call for single consolidated tape provider
Some say new rules could create data fragmentation and raise connectivity costs
OTC trading platform of the year: Tradeweb
Asia Risk Awards 2021
Safety first: UK set to keep ring-fencing but may ease rules
There is also pressure to make changes to tackle banks’ overexposure to retail debt due to the rules
Fractured Libor transition halts US structured rates switch
Issuance of non-Libor caps and floors dries up as lending markets mull array of credit-sensitive SOFR rivals
The lonely Londoners: doubts plague UK quest for equivalence
Planned MoU won’t automatically bring equivalence, leaving firms in limbo for unknown duration
Why central banks aren’t worried about FX algos – for now
Disclosure failings feed into FX code; other issues are worrying, but distant, says SNB’s Maechler
Asia edging towards integrated capital markets – SGX’s Loh
Asia Risk 25: full regional co-operation could still be 10 to 15 years away, says Singapore exchange head
Revised FRTB deadline poses further challenges for Asia‑Pacific banks
Essan Soobratty, product manager for regulatory data, New York; Eugene Stern, global head of product, market risk, New York; and Vicky Cheng, head of government and regulatory affairs, Asia‑Pacific, Hong Kong, at Bloomberg explore the additional…
Libor Risk Q&A – KPMG
Chris Dias and Chris Long, principals and global Libor solution co-leads, discuss key industry concerns around the transition away from Libor, including how the discontinuation deadline will be impacted by the Covid‑19 pandemic, the benefits and…
The BoE leverage ratio: welcome relief or regulatory arbitrage?
UK banks are reaping higher capital savings through the BoE's leverage measure
Resented elsewhere, Mifid finds love at Esma
Huge cache of data helped Esma spot market abuse and inform policy, head of market data policy says
Q&A: Japan regulator aims to be glue for fragmented rules
“Unintended and unnecessary” splits in regulation damage financial markets, says FSA’s Ryozo Himino
Trading costs versus arrival price – An intuitive and comprehensive methodology
Craig Niven, managing director, cash equity execution at Societe Generale Prime Services explores how a five‑month study allowed the organisation to develop a market impact model using historical data, and why it is key for clients in the long term to…
Regulators rebuff fragmentation complaints
EC’s Guersent points to Fed hints that it would ease TLAC plans for foreign banks
FRTB: Nordic banks mull regional data pool
Local tie-up could “prevent big banks entering the markets in the Nordics”, says local risk manager
BoE to authorise EU CCPs ‘at 00:01’ on Brexit day
Central bank hopes plan to preserve access for EU CCPs will be reciprocated
Basel rules risk fragmentation after key compromise
Basel Committee ready to release new accord but patchy adoption of internal model floor and FRTB expected
Icap European Sef faces axe as US, EU reach equivalence deal
Dual-registered venue no longer necessary under US-EU substituted compliance regime, say lawyers
Bankers lament growing global regulatory fragmentation
Piecemeal roll-out of Basel III will be “enormously costly”