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GOP goes to bat for banks in risky move to boost growth
By Zachary Warmbrodt
May 19, 2019, Politico
Congressional Republicans, looking to boost the economy as an election year approaches, are pushing for a politically risky solution to help ward off …
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E.U. trio tries to quicken drive to more integrated capital markets
By Jim Brunsden
May 16, 2019, Financial Times
France, Germany, and the Netherlands have issued a joint call for more integrated capital markets in Europe, warning that Brexit had left …
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Fund-linked structured products face extinction under FRTB
By Samuel Wilkes
May 20, 2019, Risk
A few years from now, trading book capital standards threaten to do to fund-linked structured products what humans did to the dodo more …
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Banks rethink fund-linked trades ahead of FRTB
By Samuel Wilkes
May 17, 2019, Risk
With spikes in capital requirements on the way, European banks are fretting over how to avoid ending up with mispriced trades in structured …
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Are interest rates headed back to zero lower bound?
By Gary Siegel
May 17, 2019, The Bond Buyer
Federal Reserve officials steadfastly proclaim their patience on rate changes and many, most notably Board Chair Jerome Powell, have said they …
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PRIIPs continues to restrict bond supply to retail investors
By Thomas Helm
May 16, 2019, Practice Insight from IFLR
The rigid disclosure requirements of the E.U.’s PRIIPs [Packaged retail and insurance-linked investment products] regulation, together with uncertainty surrounding the …
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Regulators cut banks some slack on shift away from Libor
By Philip Stafford
May 14, 2019, Financial Times
Global markets regulators are beginning to consider concessions to help banks struggling to shift away from the Libor lending benchmark.
Banks have …
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ISDA consults on Libor pre-cessation issues
By James Thursfield
May 16, 2019, Global Investor Group
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) has released two consultation papers, one of which addresses pre-cessation issues related to Libor …
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Moody’s: ‘Window is fast closing’ to limit Libor disruption
By Mike Sheen
May 16, 2019, Investment Week
Less than a third of global non-bank financial institutions such as asset managers have taken action to limit risks associated with the …
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MiFID II in April: Dark Pools Reach New Heights
By Tim Cave, TABB Group
Originally published on the TABBFORUM
Trading on European dark pools reached its highest level under MiFID II during April, accounting for 9.1% of all on-exchange …
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