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Goodbye Sonia flat: banks rethink swaps with bond collateral
Higher discount rate can cut payouts to in-the-money clients by millions
Tough UK rules for top bankers make business personal
Executives will be liable for banks’ misconduct under Senior Managers Regime
Commodities regulation since the financial crisis
Interactive timeline of major developments affecting commodity markets
China ETFs rocked and UBS shocked by Stock Connect
UBS suffers VAR exception on huge P&L swings following scheme’s launch
Eurozone insurers eye CLNs as ECB easing hits bond yields
Dealers tout hybrid credit and equity-linked notes with Eurostoxx 50 exposure
KVA: banks wrestle with the cost of capital
As the bank capital burden grows, dealers are trying to price in the associated costs
Trading book fears grow as rules enter home straight
Hedging threatened by treatment of liquidity and diversification, critics claim
Australia banks unfazed by speedy LCR implementation
Regulators have brought in Basel III liquidity measures ahead of peers but the industry is ready
US insurers under pressure to ramp up modelling frameworks
US insurers reviewing models as regulations begin to bite
US and UK insider trading regulators diverge
Courts rein in SEC while FCA probes investors' poor safeguards
Currency manager calls for Swiss franc liquidity inquest
Evaporation of liquidity on January 15 caught traders by surprise
CFTC reveals members of rebooted energy committee
Other commodities moves at BTG Pactual, Koch S&T, Mercuria & Trafigura
Basel III transforming securities lending market
New entrants respond to challenges facing primes and lenders
Remit delegated reporting leaves unanswered questions
Firms struggle to work out reporting mechanics before October deadline
LME eyes Asian growth while dealing with regulation
Garry Jones on China, warehouses, clearing and financial regulation
Switching from UK GAAP unlikely to boost hedge fund profits
Accountants caution UK managers seeking IFRS tax arbitrage
Oil rout roils E&P and airline hedging strategies
Price dive rewards producers with cautious risk management practices
The tensions behind Hong Kong's RBC compromise
Large and small firms take different views of best way forward
Republicans in Congress set to push Dodd-Frank fixes
End-user relief has good shot at surviving Obama veto, observers say
Cyber insurance targets wayward threat – as best it can
Questions over policy design and coverage blight nascent industry
Northill: bubble building for direct lending strategies
Cat bonds, high yield, US distressed, infrastructure risky too
Regulation makes data top concern for energy traders
Firms worry about integrating data for EU and US trade reporting rules
Solvency II actuarial role lacks clarity, say critics
Country differences could add expense and create confusion
Oil-linked structured products: investors take the plunge
Price drop and volatility spike drives interest in oil-linked structures