Philip Alexander
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Cost of bank bail-in rules lower than expected – EBA
MREL pricing manageable for most banks, though troubled firms may struggle to meet targets → Read More
EBA eyes top-down stress test for credit risk
European version of CCAR is off the table, but more projections are likely to be modelled by regulator → Read More
How will US regulators perform the Basel III balancing act?
Largest banks seek offsets for higher capital requirements caused by possible end of IRB, IMM → Read More
Credit risk capital models hanging by a thread in the US
Industry insiders expect Fed to drop IRB and IMM when adopting Basel III, but market risk models may survive → Read More
Behnam urges wider CCP access to Fed deposit accounts
CFTC chair says recent market shocks highlight value of Fed accounts; Congressman agrees → Read More
SRB faces tough choices over Sberbank Europe failure
Both resolution or liquidation could lead to losses for public purse, depending on client base → Read More
Basel crypto rules: bad for traders, good for risk managers?
Practitioners divided over potential bank capital treatment for assets with no intrinsic value → Read More
Euro swaps relocation stalls as equivalence deadline nears
Nine months before equivalence deadline, over 70% of EU euro swap trades still clear in the UK → Read More
EC expected to apply output floor at group level only
‘Parallel stacks’ proposal unlikely to appear in first draft of CRR III, due next month → Read More
ECB tightens grip on back-to-back booking models
Supervisor could impose large exposures limit for intragroup trades, even if UK granted equivalence → Read More
EU regulators want Basel sign-off before leverage ratio changes
Risk Live: Benefits of temporary leverage exemptions still to be determined, ECB official says → Read More
Demand escalates for reform of EU bank resolution rules
SRB chair, Spanish MEP and Danish resolution chief join push to end regional bank bailouts → Read More
What lies beneath: Nomura’s iceberg balance sheet
Collateral received by the Japanese bank exceeds its total on-balance-sheet assets – does it matter? → Read More
ECB grants post-Brexit reprieve on large exposures limit
Exemption for intra-group exposures to UK will be preserved pending a decision on equivalence → Read More
ECB grants post-Brexit reprieve on large exposures limit
Exemption for intra-group exposures to UK will be preserved pending a decision on equivalence → Read More
BoE reassures foreign banks on post-Brexit booking models
EU banks that lost passporting rights after Brexit may not have to establish UK subsidiaries → Read More
Mifid transparency battle pits dealers against non-banks
Dealers fight to preserve reporting exemptions, but prop traders want US-style regime → Read More
UK and EU diverge on contractual swap stays
UK scraps pre-resolution stays, while EU regulators could opt for even stricter measures → Read More
November 9: the day the Brexodus started?
The UK Treasury’s equivalence verdict is a positive gesture, but could backfire if not reciprocated → Read More
Covid policy risk hangs over bank stress tests
Banks and regulators are second-guessing the policy response to new outbreaks → Read More