International

Clearing & Post-Trade

Third Country CCP Equivalence Delays Set Back Emerging Markets

By Editors | 04/09/2015

The World Federation of Exchanges has written to the European Commission urging it and other regulators to expedite EMIR equivalence determinations for ‘third country central counterparties’.

Structural Regulation

ESMA Consults on Remaining MiFID Technical Standards

By Editors | 02/09/2015

Regulator publishes consultation paper on the remaining draft implementing technical standards under MiFID II on which it has not yet consulted.

Market Risk

Good Regulation vs. Bad Instrument

By Peter Guy | 25/08/2015

Credit default swaps were the market’s equivalent of a nuclear meltdown. Now they are coming back. Will any amount of regulation prevent the next big one?

Market Data & Technology

CPMI-IOSCO Consult on Unique Transaction Identifier Harmonisation

By Editors | 20/08/2015

The Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures and the International Organization of Securities Commissions have published a consultative report on the harmonisation of the Unique Transaction Identifier for OTC derivatives.

Emerging Prudential Risks

Believe It – More Fund Management Regulation Coming

By Peter Guy | 19/08/2015

Resistance by Fidelity Investments and BlackRock is futile. Large fund managers pose a systemic risk in their own way.

Trading & Investment

Regulatory Initiatives Responsible for Declining Bond Market Liquidity

By Editors | 13/08/2015

The Global Financial Markets Association and the Institute for International Finance have released a new report from PwC on the state of global debt market liquidity, urging regulators to revisit parts of the post-financial crisis supervisory framework.

Capital Adequacy

Proprietary Trading: It’s Still Out There

By Peter Guy | 10/08/2015

The Volker rule was supposed to end proprietary trading, but it has only found a new home inside banks.

Market Data & Technology

IOSCO Seeks Greater Post-Trade Transparency for Credit Default Swaps

By Editors | 10/08/2015

The International Organization of Securities Commissions publishes its final report on mandatory post-trade transparency for the CDS market.

Liquidity Risk

Stable Funding is Key to Business Expansion, says Wolters Kluwer

By Editors | 07/08/2015

Banks should be cautious expanding their business and avoid over-reliance on wholesale funding, according to a white paper by Wolters Kluwer Financial Services.