Alexander Campbell
Alexander Campbell is the divisional content editor for Risk.net. He was formerly the editor of Operational Risk & Regulation and news editor of Risk magazine. He is based in London.
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Carbon tax spike could spur global recession – S&P
Higher carbon prices would trigger widespread industry defaults, says agency research unit
Time running out for Brexit data compliance, Bailey warns
FCA head also highlights shortfall on Mifid trading venue equivalence
Core-periphery model of bank networks called into question
Researchers find multiple cores in the interbank market, posing different systemic risks
Trust key to interbank lending, study finds
'Social collateral' collapsed during 2008 crisis, finds Swiss National Bank paper
Research finds ways to tame FRTB’s biases in forex charges
New paper shows ways to reduce influence of reporting currency
Basel III has aided system stability, interbank models suggest
Model predicts future crashes will not be total wipeout
Bailouts more likely in unequal democracies – research
Accountable governments face pressure to preserve banks
Simple indicators better for regulators, BoE economist argues
The experience of the 2008 crisis shows leverage ratios are better warning signs than more complex measures like capital ratios
Basel’s ‘99.9% standard’ for op risk is unreliable, says ORX chief
Giulio Mignola says Basel II's 'one-in-a-thousand-years' threshold for tail risk is fundamentally flawed
FSA outlines plans for Libor reform
Regulator will directly oversee calculation of benchmark rate; could also compel banks to submit Libor fixings
SEC's Schapiro under fire in Madoff conflict case
SEC's former general counsel David Becker inherited $2 million account with Ponzi fraudster
FSB criticises industry for lack of progress on risk disclosure
Financial Stability Board says more action needed on liquidity, counterparty, structured credit disclosure practices
EBA stress tests: adverse scenario toughened up
Stress tests underway for European banks use harsher adverse scenario and tighter capital rules than tests carried out last year
CPSS-Iosco proposes risk standards for CCPs
Central counterparties should be ready for failure of one or two largest customers, regulators suggest
Periphery CDSs break records as sovereign fears continue
Portugal might be next peripheral to seek help, economist warns, as its CDS hits record high.
SEC risk chief to step down
First head of regulator's risk division will return to academia in January
BIS survey shows OTC market levelling off
Notional volume and credit exposures are growing more slowly, latest market data shows
Sigtarp criticises Treasury's bailout accounting
AIG investment cut from $45 billion loss to $5 billion loss following accounting change, report claims
Senate confirms two out of three Fed directors
Last-minute deal seats Yellen and Raskin, Diamond turned down
Banks starting to think local after crisis, BIS finds
Banks around the world are slowly shifting to rely on local retail funding, says the Bank for International Settlements
Bank of Italy defends change on capital accounting
Allowing banks to ignore falling bond prices for capital purposes is a legitimate move, says regulator
Harsher stress tests described in new FSA risk outlook
New stress scenarios to test banks' resilience to double dip recession