Samuel Wilkes
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Samuel Wilkes is the deputy editor of Risk.net’s regulation desk, based in London. Sam graduated from the University of Hull with a bachelor’s degree in history.
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FRTB is here – now it’s up to local regulators
Each jurisdiction must produce its own version of FRTB; until then, banks are hanging back
Mifid data publishers drag feet on Esma guidelines
Four publishers yet to align post-trade data format with Q&A issued eight months ago
Banks rocked by U-turn on FRTB equity risk weights
Risk managers warn of higher capital charge after Basel reverts to original 2016 treatment
Basel haircut floors threaten securities financing desks
Banks fear capital hit unless regulators provide exemption for stock borrowing
EU parliament OKs no-action powers but leaked doc signals delay
Council note means regulators may not get no-action powers until at least November
Final FRTB internal model rules get mixed reviews
Bankers divided on whether changes to two key tests will ease ‘penal’ capital charges
EU lawmakers delay FRTB capital charges
Leaked paper potentially pushes market risk capital charges beyond Basel’s 2022 deadline
HM Treasury’s Brexit surprise
Statutory instruments throw up unwieldy divergence in Mifid II and Emir rules
Leaked EU paper softens French blow to Mifir equivalence
Council draft ditches national licensing but introduces conditions on equivalence for some services
Brexit set to jack up banks’ capital costs
Split into UK and EU arms will reduce netting benefits and capital flexibility
As Brexit looms, Mifid transparency faces the chop
EU law and equivalent UK draft threaten to split and undermine trade disclosure rules
Swaps users wary of hedge accounting hit from Brexit transfer
Uncertainty over exemption for novated trades may force hedgers to sacrifice netting benefits
Imperfect harmony: industry balks at EU foreign venue rules
Proposal could force non-EU platforms to choose between following Mifid II or ditching EU firms
Industry fears EU ‘Google tax’ will hit trading venues, CCPs
Broad wording of digital services tax could place market infrastructure in firing line
Europe inches closer to own version of no-action relief
Five options on the table, lawmakers want case-by-case veto, firms push for power over primary laws
EU seeks US-style freedom to delay rules
Power to grant “no-action relief” appears in proposals from EU Council and Parliament
Risk of no-trade lists as banks leave Brexit plans late
European clients could face bottleneck of contract transfer requests from relocating banks
Stuck in traffic: EU turf war holds up CCP resolution rules
Unsuitable rules for failed banks could be used to resolve French and German clearing houses
Dealers sour on Mifid’s systematic internaliser label
SI decisions will take account of tougher pre-trade rules, client demand and Brexit
EU deadlock set to delay CCP resolution rules
Lawmakers disagree over whether Esma should be given new powers to tackle distressed CCPs
Corporates fear EU will spike Emir Refit reporting relief
Delegated reporting threatened by policy-maker objections to use of foreign banks
Optimisation services edge closer to EU clearing exemption
Lawmakers ask European Commission to consider if offsetting non-cleared trades could be exempt
EU drops reporting relief for exchange-traded derivatives
Exemption removed from Emir Refit, but Parliament moots future legislative changes for ETDs
Own goal: Mifid II reduces transparency in some EU markets
New rules replace voluntary arrangements in ETFs and Nordic bonds, fragmenting post-trade data