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Indirect clearing: The capital conundrum
Draft European Securities and Markets Authority rules on indirect clearing caused uproar when they appeared in June. The regulator removed the most controversial elements in its final text, but dealers...
A lack of standard documentation has held up the growth of client clearing, so the launch of a new Futures Industry Association-International Swaps and Derivatives Association contract should speed things...
The insurance industry is worried that new proposals for identifying global systemically important insurers fail to distinguish them properly from the banking sector. Insurers, they argue, represent a...
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UK regulation after the breakup of the FSA
The UK's financial regulator, the FSA, is to split into two entities: the Prudential Regulatory Authority and the Financial Conduct Authority. There will be some overlap between these two bodies, which may lead to complications for dual-regulated firms,...
Make or break for the SFO
David Green, the UK Serious Fraud Office’s new director, says the Libor investigation will define his career – and it may also determine the future of the SFO itself
Asia financial institutions unhappy about scope of Fatca
Fatca is the latest US regulation to impact the Asian finance sector – and despite its extensive reach not all players in the region are ready for its imposition
Insurers lock horns with policymakers on undertaking-specific parameters...
Small and specialist insurers are seeking ways to tailor Solvency II’s standard formula, but policy-makers remain cautious. Blake Evans-Pritchard reports
Unclear on clearing in Germany
A requirement to clear standardised derivatives in Europe by next year creates problems for Germany’s banking sector. Uncertainties in the rules for indirect clearing, as well as whether there will be any benefit in an exemption for intra-group trades,...
Fingerprint, aggregation fears hit swap dealer countdown
October 12 is the deadline for institutions active in US over-the-counter markets to register as swap dealers. But tough aggregation rules – and a requirement to fingerprint top executives – are making it difficult for non-US dealers to comply. Peter...
Despite extension, banks still fretting over CFTC's business conduct...
Swap dealers face new rules requiring them to collect extra information from clients and provide them with fresh disclosures. The industry has launched a protocol to ease the task, but with tens of thousands of contracts to be amended – and despite...
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