Regulatory

Finalizing Basel III: the revised Leverage Ratio gets a thumbs down and really isn’t final anyhow

What does “recalibrating” the Leverage Ratio mean?

Regulatory roundup: Powell confirmation, UK Financial Stability, BoJ on local bonds, ECB on unsecured rates and more (Premium)

Is the FRTB on semi-permanent hold?

Are carve-outs in national versions of the Leverage Ratio a good idea?

CFTC Chief Giancarlo calls EU regulatory proposals “disruptive, expensive and detrimental” to the US

Finadium Big Ideas Quarterly Q4 2017 now online

An activities-based approach to regulation from the US Treasury report on asset managers and insurance companies (Premium)

Bank incumbents still have the upper hand because of disruptive technology

Our analysis of the US Treasury October 2017 report on Capital Markets (Premium)

The Basel Committee’s “national discretion” for NSFR derivatives liabilities is not enough to justify implementation

Our slides from the Oct 3 London event, “Market Competition, Europe and US regulations” (Premium)

Highlights from ISDA’s 2017 margin survey

US Senate hearing add impetus to convergence between financial firms and fintech

The European Commission doubles down on an integrated financial supervisory regime

Barclays’ ServCo introduces a new type of player into the service provider market

Cost optimisation challenges for asset managers in 2017

Global Legal Entity Identifiers are a technical convenience but do nothing to combat bad actors

Fischer’s departure from the Fed shakes a foundation of regulatory thinking

What will it take to get Excel off the capital markets desktop? (Premium)

Thoughts on collusion vs. industry organization (Premium)

ISDA paper highlights concerns over European Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive stay protocols

How fast could deregulation occur in US financial markets? Comments from Fed Vice-Chair Stanley Fischer suggest some answers

Big Data, little lies, big problems – how Big Data can manipulate algorithmic trading

The SEC report on liquidity and regulations: its a complex story, not a done deal

SEC weighs in on DAOs – yes digital tokens are indeed securities

Would a blockchain short locate system make Reg SHO obsolete?

Finadium: Liquidity Trends in Listed Equity Derivatives Markets

New Zealand Reserve Bank recognizes that more regulation is not the answer to cyber threats

TLAC bond requirements get tougher – will investors still want them?

AI is learning the art of the deal – who will keep watch over bots as they learn to trade?

A scenario is emerging where Japanese banks could lose access to GCF Repo(R) (Premium)

Wanted: risk returns for capital markets

CM2025: will securities loans still need a borrower in 2025?

We offer a proposal for Simple, Transparent and Comparable securities finance

Get ahead on key issues with Finadium research: an example from the BIS Annual Report

Asian regulators officially delay Basel III’s FRTB

The FSB pushes hard on making trade reporting operational and legal (Premium)

Finadium: asset managers on the health of the securities lending market (Premium)

Finadium announces Rates & Repo Conference in NYC Nov 1

As the US gets serious about deregulation, what will Europe do?

How important is balance sheet management in prime brokerage today? Look at compensation packages (Premium)

Here’s what no US Treasuries in the Leverage Ratio means for US banks and US repo (Premium)

IBM and Promontory bring Watson AI to regulatory technology

In a reversal on money market funds, US Congress proposal would yield big revenues for asset managers (Premium)

Title Transfer Collateral Arrangements – European and US rules

US Treasury report on financial regulations will result in big changes to bank capital rules (Premium)

SFM Magazine, Summer 2017, is now online

Blockchain financial networks raise legal and regulatory issues, says LSE analysis

US industry associations call for collateral revamp of SLR, overhaul or removal of NSFR (Premium)