European Commission seeks views on proposed changes to certain swaps contracts put forward by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) and financial information group Markit.

Five systemically important US banks told to redo their 'living wills' by October 1 as they were found by regulators to be riddled with errors and inconsistencies. 

ISDA leads call to simplify derivatives trade reporting to make it simpler, cheaper and easier for regulators to home in on potential systemic risks.

MetLife court ruling over SIFI status throws down the gauntlet to US policy makers to preserve a key part of US regulatory reforms.

Despite the reluctance of the Basel Committee on Banking supervision over internal models, it has relented when it comes to measuring interest rate risk in the bank book due to the sheer diversity of loan types and bank business models.

Regulators could be set to raise the leverage ratio for big banks, but have made some concessions on derivatives exposures.

Fed consults on amendments to capital surcharges on big banks and qualified financial contracts.

US Federal Reserve consults on the introduction of a net stable funding ratio rule for globally systemically important banks.

European insurance regulators have been given a number of suggestions to safeguard the robustness of insurance businesses in the face of persistently low interest rates in a paper by the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority.