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Samuel Wilkes

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A deputy editor for @RiskDotNet. Follow for some updates on #FinReg, and lots of RTs of stuff I think is funny samuel.wilkes@risk.net

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I report on regulation for Risk.net and have covered rules covering market practice, capital, liquidity and high-quality securitisations. To name a few, at the moment I am covering news stories on non-modellable risk factors under the Fundamental Review of the Trading Book; the second Markets in Financial Instruments Directive - with it's accompanying regulation; Simple Transparent and Standardised Securitisations; the Net Stable Funding Ratio; and Step-in Risk.

I joined Risk.net as a graduate…

Samuel Wilkes’s Journalist Portfolio

Compliance burden jeopardises EU securitisation revival - Risk.net

Compliance burden jeopardises EU securitisation revival - Risk.net

The European Parliament could be on course to increase the costs of holding a new class of high-quality secur…

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Manipulation threat to FRTB data pooling - Risk.net

Manipulation threat to FRTB data pooling - Risk.net

A strong governance framework to prevent the manipulation of submitted data will be essential for any data-po…

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Basel interest rate risk disclosures "problematic" - Risk.net

Basel interest rate risk disclosures "problematic" - Risk.net

New public disclosure requirements for interest rate risks to banks' deposit and loan books could prove troub…

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US wrestles with bankruptcy-based resolution regime - Risk.net

US wrestles with bankruptcy-based resolution regime - Risk.net

After nine months of political debate, a bill that will deliver a much-needed overhaul of the way in which th…

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EU 'blocked' on trading desk separation plan - Risk.net

EU 'blocked' on trading desk separation plan - Risk.net

A proposal to ring-fence European bank-trading activities has stalled in the European Parliament as the two l…

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Bloomberg works with banks on FRTB data pool - Risk.net

Bloomberg works with banks on FRTB data pool - Risk.net

Banks are considering pooling their data in an attempt to hold down trading book capital - an unprecedented s…

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Basel's CVA upgrade: persuasive in the US, less so in Europe

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By Samuel Wilkes Verified
| Risk.net Verified
Bank capital rules in the European Union and the US are growing apart. As the pile of deviations grows, diverging outcomes also multiply. The latest example is the capital charge for risks posed by the deteriorating health of derivatives counterparties, known as credit valuation adjustments.
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US FRTB glitch could spit out negative capital charges

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By Samuel Wilkes Verified
| Risk.net Verified
By Proposed revisions to the way US banks calculate capital requirements for their trading risks conceal a "design flaw" with the potential to provide uncapped capital relief, according to four quantitative modelling sources. Although banks would find it difficult to meet the conditions necessary to end up with negative risk-weighted assets (RWAs) for trading risk, some say regulators will still
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One thing missing from US Basel III proposal: a deadline

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By Arthur Bautzer, Samuel Wilkes Verified
| amazee.io
Skip to main content End of drawer navigation content One thing missing from US Basel III proposal: a deadline Without a deadline, risk teams will struggle to secure resources to begin implementation projects Banks found much to cheer in the Basel III endgame proposal issued by US regulators on March 19. The one thing missing was a deadline to jumpstart implementation. “The lack of a go-live date was surprising,” says a market risk manager at a US bank.
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