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Senior managers school report – ‘could do better’
The FCA’s recently published Stocktake Report reviewing the implementation of the Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SM&CR) is a polite criticism of senior managers and their superiors in the banking sector. The report consisted of interviews with trade associations, Banking Standards Board, FCA and the PRA to understand how SM&CR has been implemented since it […]
IM- the breakdown (averted)
As expected, ISDA have communicated a more granular breakdown of estimates for the likely population of the new IM phases 5 and 6, via relevant working groups. These have been replicated and published by a number of third party firms. Although all the numbers are estimated, there seems to be both a lack of mathematical […]
IM Phase 5 to bifurcate
Confirming recent market rumours, BCBS\IOSCO have today announced their recommendation to stagger IM Phase 5 implementation over a two year period. An adjusted Phase 5 will apply to firms with an AANA equal to or greater than USD\EUR 50bn and less than 750bn. A new Phase 6, from 1 September 2020 to 1 September 2021, […]
EMIR 2.0- indirect, possibly unintended, certainly consequential
Published in the OJ on 28 May, EMIR Refit entered into force on 17 June. Aimed at simplifying requirements and making obligations on smaller counterparties more proportionate, the Regulation is comprehensively summarised here. This short note focusses on one aspect of EMIR Refit’s key changes- its expansion of the scope comprised by “financial counterparty”. “Financial […]
IM Phase 5 delay on the horizon?
Risk Magazine is reporting today about the keynote speech given by Patrick Pearson (Head of the Financial Market Infrastructure and Derivatives unit at the European Commission) at the OpRisk Europe conference in London earlier today. He is reported to have hinted that a delay in the implementation of the final phase of the IM rules […]