BIS



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March 5, 2015 - Editor

At an eight month lag to the base reported data it is based on, BCBS's half yearly Basel III monitoring report was published recently looking

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March 4, 2015 - Editor

  Risk magazine editor Duncan Wood makes a good point in his article The invisible incentives of clearing (subs. required) – the FSB / BIS ignored leverage

Featured image for “Will leverage ratio cause an FCM concentration crisis?”

March 4, 2015 - Editor

  Risk magazine editor Duncan Wood makes a good point in his article The invisible incentives of clearing (subs. required) – the FSB / BIS ignored leverage

Featured image for “Double MPOR under Basle 3 | Collateral Disputes Carry a High Cost”

July 1, 2014 - Editor

In the Basle 3 rules, page 40, (see bcbs189 below)  you see this: 41 (ii). If a bank has experienced more than two margin call disputes

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June 2, 2014 - Editor

The latest BIS report on volumes in the OTC market shows two opposite trends for Rates and Credit derivatives

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March 13, 2014 - Editor

OTC shrank by ~20% in six months: from $25tn at end 2012 to $20tn market value by end H1 2013. Not yet clear why.

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March 12, 2014 - Editor

Now that Reporting for Europe has come into effect I am looking further into the next challenges that await for us just around the corner

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January 18, 2014 - Editor

US Regulation: The Volcker Rule Agencies Issue Final Rules Implementing the Volcker Rule Five federal agencies on Tuesday issued final rules developed jointly to implement

Featured image for “€20 billion: The annual cost of OTC derivatives regulation”

October 1, 2013 - Editor

In its Macroeconomic impact assessment of OTC derivatives regulatory reforms, published on 26 August, the BIS have estimated the additional annual global cost of reforms as

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September 6, 2013 - Editor

Dear all, this edition of the 'Dazzle' comes on a Friday as I will be off for the next two week – keep an eye