Issue: May 2013
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Think locally, act locally: Anger over US plans for foreign banks
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The Federal Reserve is planning a radical departure from traditional supervision by requiring the local offshoots of foreign banks to meet US capital and liquidity rules. Overseas banks are furious...
EDITOR'S LETTER
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What does it mean to be courageous, in the context of regulation? Sheila Bair, former chairwoman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in the US,...
EDITOR'S CHOICE
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Firms used to be able to throw anything they liked into the hypothetical derivative that is used to test cashflow hedge accounting, but standard-setters...
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Data shows OTC notionals shrank as clearing started in US
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When a small group of firms became subject to the first US clearing mandate in March, outstanding notionals for clearing-eligible products temporarily...
Too much choice: The problems with Europe's plethora of segregation models
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In the US, segregation of client assets is a simple matter – only one approach is allowed for over-the-counter trades. But in Europe, where there are...
Standardised OTC swaps spice up futurisation fight
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Last month saw the launch of a template for a new standardised interest rate swap product – an attempt to protect swap market liquidity from the threat...
Clearing chaos: US OTC industry braces for June deadline
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With March 11 receding from view, all eyes have turned to the second stage of the US clearing roll-out. No-one knows precisely how many derivatives...
Banks and EBA join forces over liquidity buffer accounting
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Banks and industry groups have been joined by an unlikely ally in their protests about the accounting treatment of assets held in liquidity buffers...
Corporate cash seeks new home as money-market reforms loom
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New regulation on both sides of the Atlantic threatens to make money-market funds less attractive for corporate treasurers. Banks are hoping this cash...
Easy money: Mittelstand lending glut sparks credit risk fears
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In Germany, every bank wants to lend to the Mittelstand, but demand for credit is modest. As a result, interest rates on loans are falling, and some...
Exchange order types prompt fears of HFT conspiracy
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High-frequency traders have been viewed with suspicion for some time. Now critics claim exchanges are conspiring with the traders to develop tools that...
Banks try to standardise Sef sign-up for clients
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With new rules set to increase use of trading platforms, a group of banks is trying to replace inefficient, manual approval processes with something...
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In-depth introduction: Corporates
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The financial crisis has given lots of worn truisms a dusting down and a fresh lick of paint - among them, the notion that cash is king. Over the course...
Cutting Edge introduction: The collateral currency convexity problem
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Casual assumptions can be seductive – but wrong. An examination of what is sometimes taken for granted can yield surprising results, as a new article...
People: RBS loses global head of FIG
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William Fall leaves FIG role at RBS; Deutsche hires London Whale quant; two new directors join Isda board; new clearing role for Wilson at Newedge;...
Q&A: Sylvie Matherat on extraterritoriality and central clearing
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Europe and the US are at loggerheads over the territorial scope of new derivatives rules – as evidenced by a new financial stability review from the...
LSE: "Banking crises are unavoidable"
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There is only one way to avoid a banking crisis, according to the co-director of a new London School of Economics research centre - and that's not to...
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