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In our Opinion
Dodd-Frank Act ruling re: final entitiy definitions
On 18th April 2012 regulators finalised rules further defining “Swap Dealer”, “Major Swap Participant” and “Eligible Contract Participant” – giving long awaited guidance on which swap market entities will be subject to the provisions of Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Act. Read the Business Insight from Lombard Risk online >>> Continue reading
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Business insight into Basel III
Business insight into Basel III In the field of financial regulation, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has played an international standard-setting role for many years. As the name implies, Basel III has seen two major previous episodes: The first, agreed in 1988, was mainly concerned with credit risk. Basel II, agreed in 2004 (but implemented later, or in some cases not at all), added big changes to market risk, to cater for the much more complex trading environment of … Continue reading
In our Opinion
Dodd-Frank and Derivatives Reform
I am again at the FIA conference which is attended by many very senior people from the futures and now OTC derivatives industry, so an excellent place to catch up with a lot of people in three days. It is astonishing how much post-crisis regulatory driven change there has been in the derivatives market, and how big the impact is for the top firms. Some of the reform has, frankly, been costly and ineffective in reducing risk. Some of that … Continue reading
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Dodd-Frank Act ruling re: final entitiy definitions...
On 18th April 2012 regulators finalised rules further defining “Swap Dealer”, “Major Swap Participant” and “Eligible Contract Participant” – giving long awaited guidance on which swap market entities will be subject to the provisions of Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Act. Read the Business Insight from Lombard Risk online >>> Continue reading
Business insight into Basel III...
Business insight into Basel III In the field of financial regulation, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has played an international standard-setting role for many years. As the name implies, Basel III has seen two major previous episodes: The first, agreed in 1988, was mainly concerned with credit risk. Basel II, agreed in 2004 (but implemented later, or in some cases not at all), added big changes to market risk, to cater for the much more complex trading environment of … Continue reading
Dodd-Frank and Derivatives Reform...
I am again at the FIA conference which is attended by many very senior people from the futures and now OTC derivatives industry, so an excellent place to catch up with a lot of people in three days. It is astonishing how much post-crisis regulatory driven change there has been in the derivatives market, and how big the impact is for the top firms. Some of the reform has, frankly, been costly and ineffective in reducing risk. Some of that … Continue reading
Accenture measures internal fragmentation of global col...
Recent research released by Accenture values global collateral management at “in excess of €10 trillion” and identifies 4 key points where savings can be made – key elements addressed by the Lombard Risk COLLINE collateral management system. COLLINE: eliminates disparate silo systems – to enable enterprise-wide collateral management COLLINE is 100% focused on collateral management which means that the functionality is dedicated and complete, NOT ‘part of’ a risk system: a ‘complete’ collateral management system that interacts with risk, and … Continue reading
Dear CEO letter from the FSA...
On 17th January 2011 Colin Lawrence, Director of the Prudential Risk Division of the FSA wrote and sent a “Dear CEO letter from the FSA” to the major financial institutions under the FSA’s regulatory remit. Section 2 of the letter related to Liquidity and funding risk …
Analysis of BofE Statistical Notice GN2011/07...
Analysis of Bank of England Statistical Notice GN2011/07 relating to Revival of country groupings Forms IS, IC and IO Rolling review of statistical returns (updated point) Forms MM and MQ (updated point) Lombard Risk regulatory experts have analysed the above and can be contacted for further comment on info@lombardrisk.com
Analysis of BoE Statistical Notice SN201/07...
27 July 2010: Analysis of Bank of England Statistical Notice SN201/07 issued on 26th July 2011 concerning Classification of Accounts Guide Part V.2: List of countries (updated), Form DQ and Validations Form DQ (amended), Form MM Validations (updated) and changes to Form PL Validations (effective immediately). Lombard Risk regulatory experts have analysed the above and can be contacted for further comment on info@lombardrisk.com