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5,000 trades: Basel III's magic number squeezes swaps books

There is a magic number in bank capital rules – 5,000 trades – below which portfolios qualify for a lower margin period of risk. Some dealers are now trying to cut their books down to size. Others claim that’s impossible. Joe Rennison reports

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Five years ago, traders had very different priorities, says a New York-based derivatives lawyer who used to work at one of the big US banks – they only cared about the net risk of their books, and were oblivious to the line items that silently piled up as they traded. 

As an illustration, he tells a story about a call he received from one interest rate swap trader, saying his desk had breached its

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