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Bond ETFs under stress in market sell-off
Beyond redemption?
European regulators get to grips with Remit monitoring
By mid-2014, the Regulation on Wholesale Energy Market Integrity and Transparency is expected to see European energy market participants reporting masses of information about their trading activity to regulators. How do regulators intend to use this data…
Bitcoin, money laundering and compliance risk
Small but growing, electronic currencies promise privacy and anonymity for users – and plenty of new issues for banks
Arms-length banking a problem for AML in Cyprus
Cypriot regulators trying to rebuild the island's reputation are taking shots at the use of "introducers" acting for foreign customers
Solvency II extrapolation proposals feed volality debate
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority’s report on the long-term guarantees assessment has reignited the debate on the methodology for determining the risk-fee term structure. The authority’s proposals for a long extrapolation period…
Asia Risk institutional rankings 2013
Asia Risk institutional rankings 2013
Structured products platforms face capture in the RDR net
Sins of commission
AML KYC data collection brings benefits as well as challenges
Establishing a coherent system of legal entity identifiers has been an important challenge for the swaps industry over the past two years. Now, in the face of regulatory pressure, anti-money laundering teams face the same challenge – but meeting it could…
Singapore faces double-oversight confusion
Servant of two masters
Awaiting the arrival of the 'meta' platform
Platforms on parade
Inventory limits behind collapse in equity repo rates
Delta-one desks say their arbitrage business has been cut back – contributing to an unprecedented collapse in implied equity index repo rates. Inventory pressures created by bank regulation are being blamed. Matt Cameron reports
Rates volatility buoys hopes for currency forwards desks
Going forwards (checking backwards)
Unclear on substituted compliance
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s final cross-border guidance, published on July 12, provides answers to some long-running puzzles, but also generates a host of new questions. Critics say the rules are rushed and full of ambiguities – not…
The great unwind: Buy-side fears impact of market-making constraints
Some buy-side firms are already calling it the great unwind – the migration out of the huge bond portfolios buy-side firms have built up in recent years, as rates eventually rise. But with dealers less able to play the role of liquidity provider, it…
CME vs LCH.Clearnet: Clients may face CCP-specific pricing, warn FCMs
The two biggest clearing houses for interest rate swaps, CME and LCH.Clearnet, have different margin models – which may affect the prices charged to clients by clearing members. It could also affect the contest between the two venues. Joe Rennison reports
Tax questions cloud prospects for CME swap future and Mac swaps
Early users of CME’s deliverable swap futures contracts fear the products will be taxed as loans in some situations. And with features of those contracts being used in other new instruments, it could become an issue for the entire industry. Tom Osborn…
OCC's DuChene warns smaller banks to beware of cyber threat
As cyber threats continue to grow for financial institutions, it’s no surprise that regulators are becoming increasingly concerned about the operational risks they give rise to. The OCC’s Carolyn DuChene talks to OpRisk about banks’ increased reliance on…
Simple, but sensitive: challenges face standard uncleared margin model
Simple, but sensitive
Paloma’s Sussman forecasts growth for hedge fund industry
Promise to deliver
Danske Bank RWA spat worries modelling experts
Model-bashing
