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Banks caught in DVA dilemma
Accountants want banks to report as profits the impact of widening credit spreads on their liabilities, but regulators are moving in the other direction. The result could be painful deductions from capital,...
Billions of dollars in capital could be excluded under Basel proposals on derivatives DVA - with US banks hardest hit
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Boon to US leverage ratios as FASB ditches netting proposals
Derivatives accounting proposals abandoned to relief of dealers - but move deals a blow to hopes of convergence between US standards and IASB
Banks rail against FASB netting proposals
Dealers say gross figures over-inflate balance sheet and misrepresent risk
FASB softening stance in bid for convergence, say analysts
US standard-setter tilting towards IFRS on accounting for financial instruments
Accounting change prompts rethink of US leverage ratios
Proposal for convergence on derivatives netting could force an adjustment of US bank leverage ratios, says regulator
Structured products house of the year: BNP Paribas
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US public pension deficits driving muni yields
It is common knowledge that US public schemes are in a precarious situation, but the scale of their funding deficit is less so because of the favourable accounting rules that allow liabilities to be discounted using the growth of a scheme’s asset portfolio....
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German corporate pension plans turn their attention to interest rate and inflation hedging
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