Shadow banking
Global cross-border lending accelerates
Lending growth to offshore centres surges to 5.3%
Non-banks muscle in on UK financing
Non-banks account for 51% of total financial sector assets
Shadow banks gobble up cross–border loans
Traditional lenders' claims on non-bank financial institutions increased 8% at year-end
Accounting shake-up set to hit China shadow banking
Banks brace for extra provisions under IFRS 9 for loans masquerading as investment products
Small banks in China carry outsized risk – research
Study shows systemic risk of smaller banks snowballs during stress periods
Basel haircut floors threaten securities financing desks
Banks fear capital hit unless regulators provide exemption for stock borrowing
China sees slowdown in structured deposit volumes
Easing of restrictions on wealth management products tips market away from structured deposits
Shadow banking risks still unclear, EU watchdog warns
Gaps in data prevent full assessment of almost half the shadow system, says ESRB report
Dread of cyber attack and data theft grows at EU banks – survey
More than 60% of respondents predict a rise in op risk
US bank swaps books rebound after G-Sib reckoning
Total OTC derivative notionals across eight G-Sibs grow $28 trillion in first quarter
Monitoring transmission of systemic risk: application of partial least squares structural equation modeling in financial stress testing
This paper illustrates how the transmission of systemic risk from shadow banking to the regulated banking sector can be modeled using partial least squares structural equation modeling in an effort to help regulators better monitor and manage contagion.
Regulatory merger keeps China on course for deleveraging
Combination of banking and insurance regulators offers opportunity to co-ordinate debt reduction measures
Fixed-value euro money funds set to disappear
EC’s dim view of share destruction leaves stable euro fund values impossible with negative yields
One road: China’s new regulatory body begins to unify rulemaking
Micro-issues like netting and securitisation may also be in sights of powerful new committee
EU sparks hopes of securitisation margin reprieve
Optimism over EU Council amendment, but Parliament will still have to approve
New light cast on shadow bank risk
PLS-SEM model could test assumptions on shadow banks’ risk role
Fears of fragmentation over Basel shadow banking rules
Step-in risk guidelines could be taken more seriously in the EU than in the US
Non-banks disappointed by Europe’s CRR escape hatch
Proposed alternative prudential regime still doesn’t reflect the true risks of non-banks, say critics
Relief for EU money market funds on liquidity buffers
Final compromise regulation not expected to trigger large fund reallocations
Risk retention ‘substantially diluted’ for STS proposal
Parliament compromises to pass STS securitisation proposal, but industry is still pessimistic
Losing the match: EU repo rules spark reporting fears
Repositories battling to improve matching rates for Emir trade reporting as SFTR looms
Repo markets left guessing by new EU reporting rules
Record-keeping obligations of SFTR already in force, but no guidance on data fields
MEPs seek solution to STS securitisation stalemate
Rapporteur circulates compromise plan after three large parties reject 20% risk-retention rate
Basel shadow banking rules leave industry in the dark
The step-in risk concept may need a total overhaul to be fit for purpose as the UK goes its own way