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ESRB narrows its macro-prudential tools
The European Systemic Risk Board is about to announce a slimmed-down list of potential macro-prudential tools, but who has the power to use them is still the subject of debate. By Michael Watt
The financial crisis could have been averted if regulators had been allowed to prick the credit bubble as it was inflating – or so claim advocates of macro-prudential supervision. But not everyone agrees....
Dodd-Frank will require some foreign banks to set up intermediate holding companies for their US operations and also subject them to enhanced liquidity, supervision and stress testing. How will Asian banks...
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French transaction tax loophole could prompt tougher European regimes
France went first with its new transaction tax regime – and found that leaving derivatives outside its scope created a loophole. Italy is up next and is set to fix that problem with a broader tax. Could other European nations follow suit? Tom Newton...
Moves to liberalise domestic derivatives in China
In contrast to regulatory efforts in the US and Europe, China’s lawmakers are pushing for greater liberalisation of domestic derivatives, as Isda’s Jing Gu writes
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Robert Mirsky, a partner and global head of hedge funds at accountancy firm KPMG, talks about regulation, tax and consolidation and offers his advice for start-up managers.
Banque de France’s Denis Beau on cyber attack, Libor and system stability...
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First Libor fines point the way for harsher regulation
Last year’s estimates of the likely size of fines paid over the Libor rigging scandal are proving to be far too optimistic – part of a trend of harsher penalties and more aggressive investigation among regulators in several countries
Fraud and economic pressure are problems for Brazil’s small banks
Seven bank interventions, including major cases of fraud, have rocked Brazil’s small and medium-sized bank sector. Investors are calling into question everything from banks’ business models and costs of funding through to corporate governance standards,...
Banks fear outcome as Basel Committee wraps up RWA review
Regulators have spent much of the past year trying to work out why risk-weighted asset numbers are so varied. With the results due soon, bank participants say the study should paint a kinder picture than other recent analyses, but they fear the policy...
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