Articles by Samuel Wilkes
EU watchdogs to launch prop trader capital review in April
Prop traders say bank-style IFR rules are driving them out, but doubt EBA will suggest changes
Standardised FRTB leaves banks befuddled on residual risk
Benchmarking exercises find “weak consensus” among banks over notional values for exotics
BoE puts American spin on fix for FRTB’s govvies dilemma
Four jurisdictions find four different ways to resolve Basel market risk capital quirk
Basel’s cherry-picking toughens IRRBB shock scenarios
European banks want higher outlier thresholds to offset higher confidence level in new standard
Party’s over as more banks drop internal models for market risk
At least three systemic banks in Europe intend to ditch IMA for capital requirements
BoE’s planned procyclical capital hike bewilders banks
Some doubt regulator will go through with counter-cyclical buffer hike while forecasting recession
Planned EU cross-border trading ban to hit most large markets
Most major jurisdictions currently provide either interdealer or client exemptions
CCP open access will be ‘integral’ part of Mifid review
EC official says politicians will need to decide whether to further delay open access
EU hands CCP members a narrow win on skin in the game
Clearing members could use the final rules to push for higher CCP capital globally
ECB’s Enria unsure banks will dip into capital buffers
Anxiety over investor and rating agency reaction may limit banks’ use of Covid relief measures
Watch out for Brexit cliff edge 2.0, experts warn
Measures to mitigate a sharp rupture for financial services could be less likely at end-2020
EU council may cut margin haircuts for CCP resolution
Proposals would close avenues for regulators to dip into non-defaulting members’ initial margin
EBA’s Campa: reduce Pillar 2 charges to offset output floor
Bankers plead for smaller capital hit and more predictability on implementation of Basel III
EU seeks to offer reassurance on Brexit clearing exemption
Commission can act quickly to stave off no-deal market disruption, insists official
FCA chief calls for EU to extend Brexit clearing exemption
Bailey also urges EU to grant equivalence determinations for UK trading venues
EU should stick with Basel output floor – ECB’s Enria
ECB supervision chief urges lawmakers to implement contentious Basel III model constraints
FCA prepares crackdown on inaccessible Mifid data
UK regulator says approved publication arrangements not observing spirit of the rules
Europe’s CCP recovery rules draw fire
CCPs and clearing members unhappy with proposed allocation of non-default losses
Mifid transparency has failed so far, say traders
Poor-quality, inaccessible data and the lack of instruments covered undermine use case
Platforms win small on Mifid day one
Some dealers stopped quoting bilaterally on smaller bond trades