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Volcker rule delays likely as opposition grows
Rule may slip up to two years before full implementation, following criticism
Banks will have to document the scope of every trader's activities and have chief executive sign off on Volcker compliance regime
Non-US banks will have an advantage over US counterparts when it comes to prop trading, according to one legal expert
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Prop trading ban set to crimp market-making and hedging activities
To make the Volcker rule work, regulators will need to be able to spot proprietary trading. But although a range of indicators has been suggested, finding a way to catch prop trading without also catching some market-making and hedging activity won’t...
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Shane Dardis, vice-president for regional structured products advisory at DBS, discusses regulatory reform in the aftermath of the global financial crisis
Foreign banks get temporary respite from China’s new ‘Volcker rule’...
Foreign banks in China, particularly thinly capitalised branches that are not locally incorporated in the country, greeted a decision by China’s banking regulator to postpone rules aimed at limiting non-hedging business onshore with relief this month....
GDF Suez chooses bank status for new trading arm
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