Net stable funding ratio (NSFR)
Basel members speed up implementation of banking reforms
Most rules now adopted by more than half of member jurisdictions
Fed turns up heat on dollar repo dodge
New liquidity rules for foreign banks’ US branches may be hard to stop, but can be softened
Basel Committee frets over poor member discipline
Tsuiki warns on fragmentation risk as countries delay NSFR, FRTB implementation
Most Basel members have yet to adopt TLAC
Many countries also behind on implementing SA-CCR, NSFR, securitisation framework
A Chinese megabank and its CRO in the US
Frank Morisano has put together a risk team, his unit funds itself, and he’s banned cloud technology
SA-CCR may need more fundamental fixes
Quants propose tweaks to improve Basel counterparty credit risk framework
Foreign banks expect Fed proposal imminently
New framework for tiering FBO requirements could come as early as this week
Rabobank shuns wholesale funding
Dutch lender has reduced wholesale liabilities by 29% since 2014
US banks bolster quality of short-term funding
Eight US G-Sibs increase share of total borrowings made up of well-collateralised repo
Leverage ratio unpopular among non-Basel countries
Few jurisdictions use measure to backstop risk-based capital frameworks
LCR rollback puts onus on liquidity stress tests
Risk USA: Stress tests may attract more scrutiny if LCR and NSFR are scaled back
US regionals may get $8bn capital break in Fed proposal
Under tailored framework, mid- and small banks would also get $77bn liquidity relief
Basel Committee names and shames regulatory laggards
Mexico, China, and US yet to implement key rule changes
BlackRock, risk models and regulatory relief
The week on Risk.net, October 20–26, 2018
NSFR pricing Singapore banks out of swaps market, dealers say
Market share in long-dated trades has halved since metric was imposed at start of year
SA-CCR proposal imminent, Fed adviser says
NSFR could also be finalised before year-end; final stress capital buffer rule expected in early 2019
Almost all banks compliant with NSFR – Basel survey
Just seven of 193 surveyed below 100% minimum requirement at end-2017
Lawyers blast Basel on funding of STM swaps
'Daft' guidance would see settled-to-market derivatives caught by NSFR and LCR liquidity ratios
Banks will not use NSFR to judge funding risk
Calibration of ratio looks “somewhat insane” when applied to real world, conference hears
Brexit threatens UK-based banks’ corporate repo funding
UK banks and UK bases of global banks fear losing valuable source of NSFR cash
Exchanges warn on clearing concentration
Clearing houses urge margin offset in leverage ratio, adoption of SA-CCR and recalibration of NSFR
Softer repo treatment seen as up for grabs in final US NSFR
Funding rules for Treasury repo on shortlist of changes; lower swaps add-on viewed as done deal
Uneven Basel rule adoption threatens regulatory arbitrage
Committee names and shames regulatory laggards
Not waiving but drowning: EU banks face capital traps
Council and some MEPs try to kill cross-border capital and liquidity waivers in CRR II