Posts by Josh Galper

Will Tier 1 capital still be used in five years? Another call for the leverage ratio.

The growth of regulatory capital trades and the names of firms taking the other side

US Senators Brown and Vitter introduce bill to end US implementation of Basel III

ICMA European Repo Council calls for exemption of repo transactions from FTT

What if all asset managers had a 25 bps spread before lending equities? (Finadium subscribers only)

Next up, the FTT impact on securities lending: also not good

Finadium: Guide to Margining for Cleared Swaps vs. Futures

Updates on Contracts for Differences around the world

How are Liffe’s repo futures faring?

Review of the Basel Committee's "Supervisory framework for measuring and controlling large exposures"

Lessons for securities lending and repo from OTC derivatives data repositories

Two attempts to reduce regulatory arbitrage, for good or bad (Finadium subscribers only)

Recommended reading: new BIS report on central banks and collateral

Finadium report: Futurization of the Swaps Market

Helping regulators understand that banks and securities finance are part of the real economy

Our comments on the latest ICMA repo market survey (Finadium subscribers only)

ICMA releases Dec 2012 European Repo Market Survey

The Fed wades back in to measuring overnight and term loan volumes

EquiLend partners with Finadium and FinTuition for Global Training Program

Whoa Mr. Gensler, don’t trash LIBOR just yet – repo futures and OIS are not ready for prime time

Should Central Banks pay interest on CCP deposits? The Fed says yes, we say not such a good idea.

Our methodology for sizing the repo market (Finadium subscribers only)

Finadium releases survey of institutional investors in the repo market

Six ideas for new business opportunities created by AIFMD (Finadium subscribers only)

Should we buy into ESMA’s arguments on collateral shortages?

The Fed’s Daniel Tarullo outlines priorities for 2013

An overview and commentary on Barclays' Strategic Review – will it work? (Finadium subscribers only)

Clearstream releases results of conference voting surveys (collateral transformation, negative interest rates)

Correcting Finadium misquotes in the press

Fed report on MMF risk to banks has the right philosophy but potential bias in the model

What we think about fee splits for beneficial owners and securities lending agents

A selection of quotes from comment letters to the FSB on Shadow Banking (Finadium subscribers only)

Deutsche Bank’s Tier 1 Capital is 8% under Basel III but critics note a bit of a trick

IMN’s beneficial owner conference in the US bounces back; our congratulations and review below

Finadium data from beneficial owners on importance of indemnification (Finadium subscribers only)

A bullet dodged as banks repay LTRO early

Going to IMN's Beneficial Owner Conference in New Orleans?

Is the Net Stable Funding Ratio on the way out?

Finadium survey: changing institutional investor behavior in securities lending

Is it possible to avoid the FTT by using a different CSD?

DataLend gets into the market commentary space: we compare the three securities lending data providers and their write ups

Going to the Clearstream Global Securities Financing Summit?

Another swing at Euribor: ESMA and EBA issue strong recommendations for change

Who is building the best collateral management network? (Finadium subscribers only)

Data on the value of the Leverage Ratio as the simplest, most straight-forward risk measurement tool

Global capital, local liquidity and the Basel Committee

Basel adds corporate bonds and equities to HQLA, but the story doesn’t end here

Two models for risk mitigation in collateral transformation trades (Finadium subscribers only)

The IMF looks at policies for regulating shadow banking

CCP interoperability? Not any time soon