| Breaking news from Risk.net | Risk USA: US regulators "scared to death" by eurozone debt crisis The sovereign debt crisis is a concern, but direct US bank exposure is manageable, says senior OCC official Categories: Monetary Policy Topics: European Union (EU), Greece, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Dodd-Frank Act | Mobile | | | Worried about risks created by a potential Greek default? | Read Risk.net's analysis of the sovereign debt crisis! All of the magazines on Risk.net have written in depth about the sovereign debt crisis. Read their exclusive analysis today! | | More of this week's news | - Mifid II update: potential position limits and narrowed exemptions likely for commodity traders
Last month's updates to the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (Mifid II) and the Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (Mifir), the regulations... - Risk USA: Sifi rules would be a failure if banks don't downsize
Some banks want to be on the list of global Sifis – exactly the opposite to what the rules are intended to achieve, says former chairman of the Basel... - Risk USA: European banks need to change or suffer consequences
European banks need to reduce mismatches between their risk appetite and the risk appetite of investors, says Deutsche Bank chief credit officer - Commission-based structured products fall foul of Irish regulator
Structurers should ditch commission in favour of a fees-based distribution model to increase transparency, says Central Bank of Ireland - Financial industry 'complacent about pandemic threat'
The financial industry must give more consideration to pandemic risk, says Zurich CRO - ABI plans Solvency II impact study to highlight undesirable outcomes
Qualitative study will aid lobbying efforts in Europe, says trade association - CVA desks to keep buying sovereign CDSs – even if they never pay out
Even if CDS contracts are not triggered in Greek restructuring, Basel III's CVA charge ensures the market will live on - but episode raises fresh questions... - FX Invest Middle East: Volatility is tough and unsustainable, say managers
Delegates at FX Invest conference in Dubai discuss Japanese intervention, the value of emerging market currencies and their outlook on volatility - Risk USA: Regulators need to be wary of capital overshoot, says Roldán
Adding to Basel III capital levels might have unintended consequences, says former chair of Basel Committee's standards implementation group - Risk USA: Tarp compensation restrictions are a "sideshow", says Feinberg
Former Tarp special master doubts limits will change compensation behaviour | | | | | | |