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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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Initial margin ‘big bang’ could be deferred, says EC’s Pearson
By Costas Mourselas
May 14, 2019, Risk
A top European Commission official has hinted that the final phase of initial margin rules for non-cleared derivatives trades could be deferred, encouraging …
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BOE to scrutinize banks’ op risk tolerance limits
By James Ryder
May 14, 2019, Risk
The Bank of England will publish a consultation paper later this year, asking banks to prove their tolerance limits for operational risk are …
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FRTB implementation is out of sync across Asia
By Karry Lai
April 23, 2019, International Financial Law Review
Across Asia, wide discrepancies remain in how jurisdictions are dealing with Basel III rules including the Fundamental Review of the …
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Leverage ratio “biased against derivatives” – Giancarlo
By James Thursfield
April 17, 2019, Global Investor Group
The chairman of the Commodity futures trading commission (CFTC) has said that the current implementation of the supplementary leverage ratio is …
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U.S. Treasury Won’t Issue SOFR Notes Until at Least 2020
By Robert Mackenzie Smith
April 10, 2019, Risk
The U.S. Treasury department will not begin issuing floating rate notes (FRNs) linked to the secured overnight financing rate, or SOFR, until …
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CFTC Official Warns on SEF Rule Overhaul
By Narayanan Somasundaram
April 10, 2019, Risk
The incoming chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is likely to continue with attempts to reform rules governing swap execution, according …
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SA-CCR Would Dent U.S. Dealers’ Leverage Ratios – Trade Bodies
By Louie Woodall
March 28, 2019, Risk
Proposed changes to the way counterparty credit risk in derivatives is measured could result in a weighted average three basis point decrease in …
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Quarles Turns FSB Focus to Fintech, Non-Bank Financing
By Andrew Neil
March 28, 2019, Global Investor Group
The new chair of the Financial Stability Board (FSB) has said fintech and non-banking financing will be among the international body’s …
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Does Fintech Worry Policymakers?
By Chris Skinner
Originally published at Chris Skinner’s blog, The Finanser
Not sure if anyone noticed that the Financial Stability Board – the world’s central banks tasked with maintaining financial …
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