Standardised approach to counterparty credit risk (SA-CCR)
SA-CCR proposal imminent, Fed adviser says
NSFR could also be finalised before year-end; final stress capital buffer rule expected in early 2019
Exchanges warn on clearing concentration
Clearing houses urge margin offset in leverage ratio, adoption of SA-CCR and recalibration of NSFR
Fed, Goldman: wide use of SA-CCR creates problems
Isda AGM: Fed plans quick implementation, while Goldman urges caution on extending use
Senate bill will not hurt big bank oversight – Powell
Fed chair says raising of Sifi threshold will not affect application of enhanced standards
CVA dismay: final Basel rules disappoint dealers
Minor tweaks don’t make up for removal of internal modelling, say banks
Capital rules may be too risk-sensitive, Basel fears
Complexity is slowing roll-out of standards, says Basel Committee deputy
Repeal CEM; reform SA-CCR
Capital framework hurts clearing resilience, Citi execs argue
Focus on Basel output floor calibration misses the point
Until all the final standardised approaches are known, the floor has little meaning
Basel capital floor faces credit risk eclipse
Impact of capital floor depends on new credit risk rules and changes to treatment of provisions
EU regulator dampens SA-CCR reform hopes
Isda AGM: EBA acknowledges approach’s shortcomings, but warns Basel is not reconsidering
Rethink urged over Basel’s counterparty exposure framework
Industry calls for softening of SA-CCR amid claims it could lead to doubling of calculated exposures
OCC seeks leverage ratio relief as liquidity shrinks
85% of CCP’s volumes now short contracts on 20 biggest names, claims risk chief
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US-European rift deepens on leverage ratio
FDIC rebuffs European calls to allow netting of client clearing margin in leverage exposure measure
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Basel plans would weaken leverage ratio
Adoption of 'risk-sensitive' SA-CCR will allow more leverage, argues FDIC vice-chair
US regulators not backing down in leverage ratio stand-off
Yellen, Gruenberg and Curry offer no concessions to agriculture committee
Banks forlorn over new Basel counterparty risk charge
Standardised risk charge delivers few benefits, and plenty of trouble
Swap futures face loss of capital edge
SA-CCR likely to treat swaps and swap futures equally, says Barclays' Kahn
Regulators cool on plans to change leverage exposure sums
SA-CCR is mooted successor to 27-year-old CEM, but sensitivity may count against it
Standardised approaches pile up capital and data woes
Banks round on one-size-fits-all rules for market, credit and op risk
Counterparty calamity: inside Basel's new standard charge
Capital for modelling banks could jump by half if 75% floor is applied to SA-CCR
Q&A: Finansinspektionen's Uldis Cerps on capital floors and too-big-to-fail
Floors framework should not overstate risk, says Sweden's bank supervision chief
Hit the floor: banks fear Basel curbs for capital models
Regulators argue a backstop is needed to avoid too-low modelled numbers