There is growing exasperation in the banking community regarding the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision’s desire to reduce variations in bank risk-weighted assets in the name of simplifying comparisons, writes Justin Pugsley.
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ESMA gives more time on trade reporting obligations
July 1, 2016Among banks and brokers there has been a lot of concern about the EU’s trade reporting obligations, but some recent concessions have made the burden a little easier, writes Justin Pugsley.
Leverage ratio piles on the derivatives pain
May 18, 2016A 'small' modification to the standardised method for measuring over-the-counter derivatives exposures threatens yet another layer of costs for banks.
Basel thumbs down for bank operational risk models
April 24, 2016The Basel Committee has decided that banks should not be allowed to use internal models to measure capital requirements for operational risk.
US demands more from banks on TLAC
April 1, 2016US Federal Reserve proposals for total loss-absorbing capacity go well beyond the Financial Stability Board standards in some areas.
Trading venues ask EU to hurry up on MiFID II
February 29, 2016The European Commission has postponed the start-date for the key financial markets directive to January 2018, but participants are still waiting for the final rules.
Benchmark rules stumble at last hurdle
January 25, 2016A technical flaw in the EU’s rules to prevent financial benchmark manipulation could impose a disproportionate burden on commodity price reporting agencies.
Uncertainty surrounds operational risk shake-up
January 4, 2016The Basel Committee wants to remove internal models from the calculation of banks’ operational risk capital, but needs to find a suitable replacement.
Basel market risk rules threaten capital cliff effect
November 23, 2015The fundamental review of the trading book is due for completion by the end of 2015, but impact studies have thrown up some alarming results.
TLAC struggles for global coherence
October 26, 2015Different jurisdictions are likely to implement different standards and legal frameworks for total loss-absorbing capital, making investor analysis challenging.