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Margin exchange threshold relief: get out of jail free?
‘Game-changing’ IM exchange threshold relief may not be the phase five free pass it first appears
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UK-based lender HSBC will pull capital from underperforming businesses in a bid to bolster the profitability of its retail banking and Asian segments. The bank announced plans to redeploy $100 billion of risk-weighted assets (RWAs) by 2022. HSBC will cull around $58 billion of RWAs from its non-ring-fenced bank in Europe and the UK, with the trading division bearing the brunt – specifically the rates and G10 long-term derivatives units.
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