Clearing Mandates 2017
Which jurisdictions currently have Clearing Mandates in place for Interest Rate Derivatives? There are lots of articles and sources of information about upcoming mandates… …but finding what is already in force is more difficult. We therefore take this opportunity to summarise the Clearing Mandates that are now active across multiple jurisdictions. Sources Before we look […]
Supplementary Leverage Ratio: Comparing US Banks
In my recent Basel III Leverage Ratio article I provided an introduction to this important new metric and today I will look at the Supplementary Leverage Ratio (SLR) disclosures published by the six largest US banks. Background An underlying cause of the global financial crisis was the build-up of excessive on- and off-balance sheet leverage in banks which apparently still […]