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Basel statement on risk transfer could halt legitimate trades, bankers...
Basel Committee focuses on cost of protection in attempt to stamp out capital arbitrage, but dealers worry that sound trades will also suffer
Swiss banks had to switch over to Basel 2.5 at the start of 2011, but they are still wrestling with elements of the new trading book rules – from educating traders on the impact, to working out sovereign...
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Basel 2.5: regulators still wrestling with Dodd-Frank clash
The Dodd-Frank Act means elements of Basel’s new trading book rules cannot be implemented in the US – although supervisors claim it will only be a temporary reprieve. A review of the rules has also been delayed. Mark Pengelly reports
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Peter Schnall, chief risk officer of Capital One, talks to Mark Pengelly about the bank's acquisition of ING Direct in the US and the importance of retail funding
Securitisation market needs accounting rule change to aid recovery...
Securitisation market has a long way to go before its reputation is restored, says industry veteran
US regulators propose standards to give securitisers skin in the game
Regulators release risk retention rule; publish a specific loan-to-value ratio for those mortgages that will be exempted
RBS promotes Eichel to head of US credit
Scott Eichel will be in charge of US credit and securitisation.
Covered bonds retain favoured status in Europe, but investors watchful...
As the cost of issuing debt via the senior unsecured market has risen substantially since the financial crisis, banks have turned increasingly to the covered bond markets for low cost funding. But will this surge in issuance lead to a deterioration in...
International banks spark surge in US covered bond issuance
The US dollar covered bond market burst into life in 2010, as foreign banks took advantage of the favourable negative euro-dollar basis. All the signs suggest this year will see more of the same; and there may at last be some positive momentum for a covered...
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