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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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Samuel Wilkes’s Biography

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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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Report once: will Esma’s €1bn reforms deliver the full picture?

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By Samuel Wilkes Verified
| WatersTechnology Verified
The bigger picture or the better picture first? It’s a question for the European Union’s top markets watchdog as it embarks on a radical plan to streamline three different reporting regimes. In July, the European Securities and Markets Authority published a final report setting out its vision to simplify the bloc’s raft of regulations. By reducing their reporting burden, it aims to cut firms’ compliance costs and boost profitability. Dubbed ‘report once,’ Esma’s plan is to rationalize the demands
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Report once: will Esma's €1bn reforms deliver the full picture?

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By Samuel Wilkes Verified
| Risk.net Verified
By The bigger picture or the better picture first? It's a question for the European Union's top markets watchdog as it embarks on a radical plan to streamline three different reporting regimes. In July, the European Securities and Markets Authority (Esma) published a final report setting out its vision to simplify the bloc's raft of regulations. By reducing their reporting burden, it aims to cut firms
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Europe's banks can't agree on how to fix the output floor

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By Samuel Wilkes Verified
| Risk.net Verified
By European banks are locked in a seemingly intractable dispute over how to wring capital savings from internal models. The region's largest banks have been unable to forge a consensus on what reforms are needed to the output floor, a key part of the final Basel III rules agreed by global bank regulators in 2017 that caps the potential capital savings from internal models at 72.5% of all standardised
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