News and Notes

Reuters: Top French banks sue ECB to reduce capital demands

Fed event recap: Capital Flows, Policy Dilemmas, and the Future of Global Financial Integration

ESMA consults on supervision fees for trade repositories under SFTR and EMIR

ISDA analyzes BIS derivatives data, finds deficiencies

Federal Reserve requires disclosure of LCR metrics

Wired: Overstock Begins Trading Its Shares Via the Bitcoin Blockchain

BIS: Macroeconomics of bank capital and liquidity regulations

Monetary Authority of Singapore white paper: Liquidity and Policy Analyses for Platform Trading of OTC Derivatives: A Perspective of Smaller Markets

Singapore regulator issues consultation paper on short selling

IOSCO issues guidance to improve quality of reporting on compliance with Benchmarks Principles

FSB consults on proposed guidance to support resolution planning and promote resolvability

BNY Mellon Directly Connects to Monte Titoli on T2S

Bank of Canada: Monitoring Shadow Banking in Canada: A Hybrid Approach

Federal Reserve finalizes TLAC requirement

EBA says European banks need to raise EUR 276bn, down from EUR790bn, in new capital

OFR: BofA, Citi and Wells Fargo move up in systemic risk ratings

WSJ: Private Repo Premium Sinks To Two-Year Low, Adding to Challenge for Fed

Office of Financial Research Assesses Key Threats to Financial Stability

Fed and FDIC approve resolution plans of BofA, BNYM, JPMC, and State Street; Wells Fargo not approved

BIS releases Quarterly Review, December 2016

Lombard Risk announces partnership with Atos to deliver collateral management solution to German market

Basel Committee releases assessments on Indonesia, Japan and Singapore

Bank of England working paper: Bank capital requirements and balance sheet management practices: has the relationship changed after the crisis?

Reuters: ECB to lend out bonds for cash to avoid market squeeze

Eurosystem introduces cash collateral for PSPP securities lending facilities

Fed Payments Risk Committee: Intraday Liquidity Flows

OFR: Time is Right for LIBOR Alternative

Clearstream updates rates for securities lending and borrowing service

Morningstar: 4 ETF Myths Debunked

CFTC's Massad supports some regulatory change but no full Dodd-Frank repeal

ING Announces Launch of Multi-Asset Synthetic Prime Brokerage Platform

ICAP European repo up 15% in Nov 2016, US repo up 4%

P&I: Northern Trust settles with San Francisco pension fund over securities lending practices

Fitch: Repo Use Declines in Prime European Money Funds

Banking lobby: Basel needs to be fine-tuned, technological change on the rise

Fed's Tarullo: don't backtrack on bank regulation

OCC securities lending activity up 35 percent in November and 38 percent year-to-date

Basel Committee Chairman expects capital floors and a G-SIB Leverage Ratio surcharge

Bank of England says UK financial system is stable but external risks are high

European Commission: Creating a Stronger Financial System: New EU rules for the recovery and resolution of Central Counterparties

The Banker: Global banking is dead

SF Fed: Why Asian Banks are Well Positioned for Basel III

ECB looks at spillover risk between banks, shadow banks and insurance companies in Europe

BIS speech: The banking industry: struggling to move on

Deutsche Bundesbank and Deutsche Börse test blockchain prototype for settlements

Bloomberg: ECB Bond Lending to Spur Liquidity But May Not Ease Repo Squeeze

European Commission releases Banking Reform package

trueEX Launches First Platform For Trading And Novation Of Non-Cleared Derivatives

AcadiaSoft Purchases ProtoColl Collateral Management Service

White paper: Securities Lending as Wholesale Funding: Evidence from the U.S. Life Insurance Industry