FRTB
WHAT IS THIS? The Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB) is a set of market risk capital rules designed to replace a series of patches introduced after the financial crisis. It seeks to better-capture tail risk, to redraw the boundary between banking and trading books, and to raise the bar for internal models.
Validation of profit and loss attribution models for equity derivatives
The aim of this paper is to validate profit and loss attribution generated by daily movements of option prices as seen through their Black–Scholes (Black and Scholes 1973) and Merton (1973) implied volatilities.
Banks make new push on FRTB’s P&L test
Industry calls for series of changes as regulators prepare new consultation, says Nomura’s Epperlein
Canada’s banks go it alone with FRTB data utility
Local lenders reject advances of major data utilities to build own solution
FRTB: banks grapple with hard-to-model risks
Swiss, UK bank efforts to comply with regulators’ risks-not-in-VAR rules may be undone by transition to FRTB
FRTB: Delivering on the promise of data-driven insights
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CVA dismay: final Basel rules disappoint dealers
Minor tweaks don’t make up for removal of internal modelling, say banks
The profit-and-loss attribution test
In this paper, the authors analyze the failure probabilities of the profit-and-loss attribution (PLA) test as defined in the final market risk standard published in January 2016 by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision.
Review of 2017: All sorts of volatility, bar one
Markets were oddly calm this year, while everything else was in motion
Basel delay does not ensure global FRTB consistency
A European Parliament draft would let supervisors decide response to P&L attribution test fails
HKMA offers fast-track model vetting in swaps hub pitch
Streamlined process could take just six months, says official
The FRTB’s P&L attribution-based eligibility test: an alternative proposal
Spinaci, Benigno, Fraquelli and Montoro propose two alternatives to the P&L attribution test
Murex moves flagship trading and risk system on to cloud
Vendor expects more demand from squeezed banks; move also hints at modular future for risk systems
Basel rules risk fragmentation after key compromise
Basel Committee ready to release new accord but patchy adoption of internal model floor and FRTB expected
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Dealers warn of FRTB impact on funding programmes
EMTNs issued by treasury functions may need to be moved to trading desk because of new market risk rules
Basel heading for ‘rotten’ compromise, warns EU lawmaker
US commitment to FRTB is essential to persuade Europe to adopt a 72.5% output floor
Asian regulators need to step up to swaps challenge
Markets on the cusp of change require new supervisory capabilities
FRTB: Basel mulls capital relief for internal model desk fails
Market risk group member describes intermediate capital charge for desks that marginally fail the P&L attribution test
Volcker desks unlikely to meet FRTB requirements
Some trading activities will need to be reorganised to comply with market risk rules
Bankers lament growing global regulatory fragmentation
Piecemeal roll-out of Basel III will be “enormously costly”
Asian banks cry foul over FRTB’s currency risk weights
Basel’s risk weights under SBA said to unfairly penalise banks reporting forex risk positions in non-G3 currencies
ECB tells IMA banks to apply before rules are complete
Dealers criticise “unreasonable” timetable for FRTB model approvals, revealed in September call
DTCC muscles in on FRTB data pooling race
Rival to Bloomberg and Markit offerings claims ability to squash banks’ NMRF exposure by 50%
FRTB: industry pushes to use own quotes in risk factor modelling
Isda working group proposes use of own quotes to minimise non-modellable risk factors