Samuel Wilkes
Deputy Editor at Risk.net
A deputy editor for @RiskDotNet. Follow for some updates on #FinReg, and lots of RTs of stuff I think is funny [email protected]
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2 weeks ago |
centralbanking.com | Samuel Wilkes
Patience is a virtue, but there’s sometimes a limit to its practicality. Progress in the US to implement internationally agreed capital reforms has come to a standstill, and comments from newly appointed officials don’t offer much in the way of reassurance. It’s a source of frustration to members of the European Parliament (MEPs), who say the time is coming for the European Commission (EC) to reconsider its verdict that US rules are equivalent to those in the European Union – a reversal that would
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2 weeks ago |
risk.net | Samuel Wilkes
Patience is a virtue, but there's sometimes a limit to its practicality. Progress in the US to implement internationally agreed capital reforms has come to a standstill, and comments from newly appointed officials don't offer much in the way of reassurance.
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3 weeks ago |
risk.net | Samuel Wilkes
Banks in the EU have cautiously welcomed a temporary fix - proposed by the European Commission - to post-crisis market risk capital rules that have long been a source of conflict between banks and regulators. But they still fear that it falls short in mitigating costs for fund-linked derivatives, a popular product among dealers in the bloc.
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4 weeks ago |
risk.net | Samuel Wilkes
The European Commission has changed its reasoning for a planned temporary multiplier designed to soften upcoming market risk capital rules. Banks fear that the move may make it less likely for the relief to be adopted permanently, which is their preferred outcome. The EC's new justification for the multiplier is to avoid placing European banks at a competitive disadvantage to peers in other jurisdictions.
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1 month ago |
risk.net | Samuel Wilkes
As chaos grips markets in the wake of the US government imposing a vast array of import tariffs, banks' trading risk models are coming under strain. European bank sources, however, say it is too early to tell if regulators need to intervene to stop unwarranted rises in capital requirements.
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Who could have predicted Trump's belligerent start in office? Certainly not VAR https://t.co/xJTyCT2hJI
The European Commission isn't only eying delay to the FRTB, but is now attentive to industry suggestions for relief measures. Scoop here: https://t.co/qwkBN2Ihuo
RT @TomOsborn: Barclays and HSBC keep faith with market risk modelling for FRTB IMA https://t.co/05nljzw4Fy - great scoop from @wilkkes
