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FDIC Plan Would Ease Requirement for Banks Selling Mortgage Securities
By Lalita Clozel
July 16, 2019, The Wall Street Journal
A regulator proposed easing a hurdle for banks to sell pools of home-mortgage obligations, as part of an effort to …
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Midweek Brexit magnifies headache for banks
By Huw Jones
July 16, 2019, Reuters
Britain leaving the European Union midweek without a deal would compound market disruption as banks would not have enough time to make technology …
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Bad Loans in Europe Tumble, but They Are Never Fully Gone
By Patricia Kowsmann and Margot Patrick
July 16, 2019, The Wall Street Journal
European banks have cleared nearly half of the toxic loans off their balance sheets since emerging from …
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Killing time: The closing auction is eating the trading day
By Samuel Agini
July 15, 2019, Financial News
In London, the trading day begins with a flourish when markets open at 8:00 am, slows down until the U.S. wakes up …
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French financial regulator wants more flexible market rules
By David Keohane and Philip Stafford
July 14, 2019, Financial Times
France’s top financial regulator is calling for more flexibility around how European countries implement market rules as Paris pushes …
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FESE Highlights ESMA Database Issues
By Shanny Basar
July 15, 2019, Markets Media
The Federation of European Securities Exchanges has highlighted improvements that are still needed in the databases of the European Securities and Markets …
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The Next Big Thing in ETFs: Less Transparency
By Justin Baer
July 13, 2019, The Wall Street Journal
A new type of exchange traded fund backed by some of Wall Street’s giants will soon debut.
But there is …
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Big banks signal Fed rate cuts may not be so great for them
By Thomas Franck
July 16, 2019, CNBC
A few of the largest U.S. banks on Tuesday warned investors of the effect multiple interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve could …
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Groping for new tools, central banks look at Japan’s yield controls
By Leika Kihara, Howard Schneider, and Balazs Koranyi
July 15, 2019, Reuters
Japanese-style interest rate caps are drawing interest from global central bankers worried about a downturn, including U.S. Federal …
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Swaps counterparties spooked by EMIR position pairing
By Samuel Wilkes
July 15, 2019, Risk
Swaps counterparties are struggling to pair their positions under European regulatory reporting rules, and the industry now fears the problems could undermine future …
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