Derivatives
Implementation of regulatory reforms ‘uneven’, says FSB
Annual report reviews efforts over past year to adopt Basel III and tackle risks in non-bank sector
ECB official open to offering liquidity aid to non-banks
Deputy director doesn’t rule out copying UK plan to extend repo facility to pension funds and life insurers
Fed relief plan for G-Sib agency clearing welcomed
Rollback may revive interest in European FCM model, as principal clearing still treated punitively
Bank Indonesia to launch central clearing house
Central bank says aim of CCP is to deepen country’s financial markets and mitigate systemic risks
One in 10 central banks uses FX swaps to defend currency
Interventions were relatively common in past year, suggesting greater activity in spot market
The post-Archegos risk model rebuild begins… slowly
Following regulatory prodding, banks start to overhaul counterparty risk models. A flurry of new research on the topic may aid the effort
Book notes: Easy money, cryptocurrency, casino capitalism, and the golden age of fraud, Ben McKenzie with Jacob Silverman
Casts light on how shady crypto characters defraud consumers but does little to identify and control such fraudsters while protecting the public
Cecilia Skingsley on monetary policy tech and a unified ledger
Head of the BIS Innovation Hub speaks about tokenisation, CBDCs and the ‘black box problem’ in AI
Trends in reserve management 2024: survey results
Insights on geopolitical risk, AI, asset diversification, risk management and ESG adoption
Book notes: Going infinite: the rise and fall of a new tycoon, by Michael Lewis
Nothing in the book left this reader thinking anything positive at all about Bankman-Fried
Basel Committee prepares crackdown on bank ‘window dressing’
Study says lenders have obscured their true systemic importance at reporting dates
Central banks, FMIs and the ‘green’ agenda
Collective efforts are needed to transform the environmental footprint of payment networks, writes Biagio Bossone
Europe’s half-baked benchmark switch leaves some dissatisfied
Users frustrated by narrow scope of euro transition, but replacing Euribor was never a euro group objective
Banxico's García on reserve risks: inflation, market volatility and war
Gerardo García, director general of central banking operations at Bank of Mexico, discusses fixed income, including US Treasury and mortgage-backed securities (MBS) dynamics, currency diversification, the value of external managers and his extensive use…
Data sharing as a policy intervention
Increasing access to data represents another policy lever regulators can pull to achieve their objectives, writes David Bholat
FSB proposes global standard to tackle failed CCPs
Report warns authorities not to rely on any single tool but adopt a “toolbox approach”
Margining added to liquidity stress after Ukraine invasion – BIS
Bulletin article examines how tool designed to promote stability can have undesirable side effects
Financial regulators: one, two, maybe a few?
As Jamaica moves to introduce the ‘twin peaks’ approach to financial oversight, Ben Margulies assesses some of the pros and cons
Fed throws curveball with agency clearing surcharge proposal
Revived plan could see capital for G-Sibs’ client clearing jump 40 times, says industry body
Man on a mission: Axel van Nederveen, swaps evangelist
EBRD treasurer spreads the good word about local currency derivatives markets