Macro-prudential
Treasury official calls on Fed to review foreign bank rules
Senate bill aims to relax US Sifi threshold but offers no relief for foreign banks
Deregulatory bill gathers bipartisan support in US Senate
Amendment lifts asset threshold beyond which banks are submitted to stricter oversight
Quarles reveals plan to simplify Volcker rule
Volcker rule is too complex and “is not working well”, says Fed vice-chair
MAS needs expanded resolution powers, FSB report says
Singapore's central bank should clarify oversight of macro-prudential policies, says peer review
PRA’s Sam Woods rebuts 'myths' about Solvency II
Directive has neither “crushed growth” nor driven up prices, Woods argues
Authorities need to deal with ‘limitations’ of global standards
BIS’s Fernando Restoy says global standards do not cover all possible risks
China feels tighter financial conditions ahead of new year
Record-breaking bank loans contrast with slower broad credit growth
BoE’s Cunliffe sees liquidity risk in rise of investment funds
Investors have poured money into less liquid instruments
China’s shadow banking market dominated by banks
BIS researchers map the Chinese shadow banking system and its evolution over time
Nordic and Baltic states reinforce regional financial co-ordination
Banks operating across the region require common macro-prudential measures
Asian property developers face tougher scrutiny amid house price boom
Hong Kong and Singapore are putting more scrutiny on loans to property developers
Interest rate risk could be seed of next crisis – economists
Interest rate risk could be source of next crisis, and regulations appear to have made it worse
Lower growth follows credit booms with high-yield lending – paper
Lending standards in bond markets track banks’ credit standards
‘Intensified’ tax competition will affect euro area – research
Latest ECB bulletin shows “possible erosion of tax bases” in the EU, after recent US tax reforms
Fed unveils 2018 stress tests for big banks
The severely adverse scenario would take the unemployment rate to 10% from 4.1%
BoE’s Brazier flags concerns about ‘stretched’ credit markets
BoE is simulating ‘liquidity mismatch’ in bond markets to ensure financial stability, says executive director
EBA to test banks’ resilience in adverse Brexit scenario
Stress tests offer glimpse of how a crisis related to UK’s withdrawal from the bloc might emerge
Carstens: regulators should not forget the non-banks
Still work to do on non-banks and fintech, new BIS chief says
Focus on implementing Basel III, central bankers say
Stefan Ingves and Andreas Dombret say regulators and banks should turn their attention to implementation
Better data needed amid rise of non-banks – BIS study
Survey finds sturdier core banking system, but risks shifting to periphery
Revised Basel output floor could hit US banks after all
Fall in operational risk weights could push up capital requirements for market and credit risk
Higher liquidity levels can reduce banks’ funding costs, research finds
Doubling the liquid asset ratio is found to reduce the costs of insurance against default by 24.4%
Quarles signals plans for US regulatory revamp
Fed vice-chair outlines some initial plans for a readjustment to post-crisis regulations
Financial regulations have been procyclical historically – research
Regulations tend to weaken during economic booms and strengthen with crisis