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Irish debt office agrees to collateralise derivatives
The NTMA follows Portugal's debt office in adopting two-way collateralisation - but unlike Portugal it appears it will have to post cash
European bank sovereign derivatives exposures revealed
European politicians are still blaming rating agencies for the continent’s debt crisis – obscuring some of the real problems posed by ratings, argues David Rowe
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Sovereign volatility puts Basel III CVA charge in spotlight
Basel III feedback loop between CDS spreads and CVA capital requirements worries dealers, following month of huge sovereign spread moves
Italian CDS spreads endure wild ride
Morgan Stanley strategist urges decisive policy response
Portugal CDS spreads widen 22% following downgrade to junk
Downgrade triggers spread widening across the eurozone, including 10% leaps for France and Germany
Internal model compulsory for variable annuity providers in Ireland...
All variable annuity (VA) providers in the Republic of Ireland - the main VA domicile in the European Union (EU) - will be required to use an internal model to ensure that "solvency standards are appropriately calibrated to the[ir] unique risks", says...
AIB sub debt holders in legal quandary over exchange offer
Subordinated bondholders in Allied Irish Bank are faced with an unappealing dilemma: accept a coercive exchange offer that could see some lose up to 90% of their investments or refuse, and take the matter to the courts. But with the Irish government holding...
Bondholder haircuts back on the agenda as Greece nears default
Despite previous announcements by European authorities that haircuts would not be imposed on investors in restructurings involving Eurozone sovereigns and banks before 2013, with each passing month that promise seems unlikely to be kept
Elderfield details Ireland's new risk assessment model
Matthew Elderfield, head of financial regulation at the Central Bank of Ireland, reveals details of new ‘Prism’ risk assessment model
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