Regulation
Risk Live playback: BlackRock’s Fishwick on buy-side risk
BlackRock’s co-head of risk discusses challenges facing firms today, including compliance and op risks
Banks eye post-pandemic shake-up of op risk scenarios
Firms seek better handle on impact of global shocks, and hope to avert regulatory attention
EU banks expect further margin reprieve for equity options
Exemptions for intra-group and equity options from non-cleared margin rules expire by January 2021
Next steps for MRM in South‑east Asia
Financial institutions across South‑east Asia face challenges assessing and measuring non-financial risks inherent in their business models, and are therefore concerned about regulatory scrutiny, transparency and the use of models within their businesses…
Simm may come with a side benefit – a common data standard
Buy-side firms using Acadiasoft for Simm calculations must adopt the ORE XML data format
Amid Covid crisis, top US banks give $32bn away to shareholders
Buybacks exceeded Q1 2019 total, despite voluntary suspension on March 15
After coronavirus rout, concerns raised about Simm
Annual recalibration means March volatility will not be reflected in margin until end-2021
Growing sanctions raise compliance risk for energy firms
Sanctions increase risk for energy firms as regulators step up enforcement, writes maritime data expert
Leverage is underestimated
Off-balance sheet funding is large, rising and not fully accounted for in leverage metrics
Top 10 op risks 2020: theft and fraud
From mega loan fraud to canteen theft, the danger is ever present
Top 10 op risks 2020: conduct risk
Root-and-branch reform of bank culture remains a work in progress
FCA: sign up to fallback protocol or face ‘serious questions’
UK regulator urges derivatives users to accept Isda swap fallbacks to ensure compliance with benchmark law
Cross-border trading could suffer under IM rules
Conflicting US and EU cash reinvestment rules may force buy side to post bonds
Synthetic Libor faces legal obstacles
EU benchmark rules may thwart ‘tough legacy’ fix, reviving calls for blanket legislation
‘Rounding errors’ prompt EBRD to break with Sonia FRN norms
Index-friendly coupon structure touted as a template for future issuance in the UK market
Margin exchange threshold relief: get out of jail free?
‘Game-changing’ IM exchange threshold relief may not be the phase five free pass it first appears
BNP leads a comeback for Europe’s clearers
Brexit, leverage ratio tweaks and concentration fears could help European banks compete with US FCMs
Hedging incentives for financial institutions
Using a simple model, this paper derives two results that provide guiding principles for hedging by, and capital regulation of, financial institutions.
Isda plans February rerun of Libor pre-death trigger poll
Lack of consensus would add pre-cessation option to post-cessation protocol for bilateral swaps
Custody battle: competing tensions put IM prep in jeopardy
Conflicting custody interests and delayed docs call IM phase five readiness into question
Supervisory stress testing for central counterparties: a macroprudential, two-tier approach
This paper examines the role of supervisory stress testing of central counterparties (CCPs). A key message is that the design of supervisory stress tests (SSTs) should be tailored to CCPs’ roles, risk profiles and financial structures.