Fragmentation
FSB promotes convergence on operational incident reporting
As global body proposes common reporting format, official says there may be an optimum time window
New trading platform costs weigh on FX dealers
As roughly 75 platforms vie for business, LPs complain of struggle to keep up with connectivity costs
Regulators’ FRTB estimates based on faulty premise – industry study
US market risk capital requirements could more than double if banks abandon IMA
FRTB could put Indian banks at competitive disadvantage
Simplified approach could leave local banks with higher capital charges than foreign branches
Post-Brexit divergence puts EU subsidiaries on the rack
Banks face choice between higher staffing costs or over-engineered processes at UK headquarters
EU inks softer version of cross-border banking ban
Post-Brexit capital rules may allow Mifid activities, but corporate lending faces restrictions
SVB wouldn’t happen in Europe, says Deutsche CIB head
Campelli also thinks Credit Suisse’s bailed-in AT1 bonds acted as originally intended
EU takes steps to avoid India clearing house lockout
Other Asian regulators may also have concerns about extraterritorial reach of Emir 2.2
LCH Japan plan signals new fight for global clearing model
UK-based clearing house faces “uphill struggle” against JFSA location policy on yen derivatives
Fragmented rules muddy Asian FRTB implementation
Banks and vendors warn risk factor data may not be usable across different jurisdictions
EU Parliament creates multiverse of SA-CCR outcomes
Some MEPs want to ease rules further than EC draft; others want return to undiluted Basel text
Uncertainty over ECB’s TPI muddies monetary and fiscal impact
Analysts say anti-fragmentation tool exposes long-standing flaws in EU fiscal framework
Esma warns new foreign clearing house rules could backfire
Löber says euro swaps trading may move away from CCPs that face toughest EU scrutiny
‘Nightmare’ of uncertainty plagues FRTB model applications
Shifting timetable and rule tweaks that could alter incentives dampen appetite for internal models
Credit risk capital models hanging by a thread in the US
Industry insiders expect Fed to drop IRB and IMM when adopting Basel III, but market risk models may survive
JPM: EU corporate CVA exemption could split swaps liquidity
Isda AGM: Market may price in permanent lower capital charge if exemption retained in CRR III
Optiver aims to gatecrash FX options private party
Dutch non-bank hopes to exploit shift to electronic markets in OTC options, following record $7bn trading day
Lifetime achievement award: Mark Carney
Risk Awards 2022: The calm at the eye of the storm of post-crisis regulation and climate risk management
EU firms call for single consolidated tape provider
Some say new rules could create data fragmentation and raise connectivity costs
OTC trading platform of the year: Tradeweb
Asia Risk Awards 2021
Safety first: UK set to keep ring-fencing but may ease rules
There is also pressure to make changes to tackle banks’ overexposure to retail debt due to the rules