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Frankel: new QIS needed to avoid pro-cyclical margin
Future crisis could see non-cleared swap margin double, says Goldman exec
UK structured products complaints fall on improved education
Barclays structured product falls foul of financial ombudsman
Buy side may need ‘persuasion’ to give up termination rights
Bafin's König says early terminations could make bank resolution impossible
Eurex and Taifex to launch cross-listed CNH derivatives
Frankfurt exchange expands its co-operation agreements with Taifex
UniCredit's Mustier ‘frightened’ by CCP capital levels
Clearing members pressure CCPs to put more of their own money at stake
Own funds rule will reduce reported solvency ratios, say insurers
Industry says European Commission proposal will have negative side effects
New York defies NAIC on principle-based reserving
Superintendant Lawsky introduces new formula-based methodology
UK power market licence changes ‘no silver bullet’
Ofgem hopes moves will boost liquidity for small suppliers
Hedge funds reluctant to use Jobs Act
Traditional methods of gathering assets favoured by managers
Brevan and BlueCrest funds may be 'non-financials' under Emir
Swaps reforms may not apply directly to firms with non-EU offices
ECB calls for lighter treatment of high-quality ABS
Bank of England and ECB to promote coherent approach to ABS regulation
Repo desks up in arms about NSFR
Draft rules would add an estimated 60 basis points to the cost of some overnight repo
Esma set to neuter Emir frontloading rule
Legislators agree on a fix for ‘huge problems’ caused by frontloading
Baskets will suffer in trading book regime, warns HSBC exec
Capital charges will be ‘very difficult to explain’, conference hears
Energy firms beg CFTC for clarity on commodity options
Power and gas traders bemoan ‘seventh prong’ in Dodd-Frank rules
Insurers face tight deadline for matching adjustment
Firms urged to rush restructuring of portfolios for Solvency II long-term guarantee measure
Fed's Pykhtin: new risk measure less punitive than CEM
Capital benefits also remain intact for modelling banks, says Fed official
Wider clearing scope will create risk, warns Goldman exec
Industry would struggle to hedge risk following a dealer default, says Goldman's Frankel
Japan insurers look to hedge out legacy VA positions
Rise in equity markets makes it less costly for insurers to de-risk
Regulators worry about bank deleveraging
Officials would "very much prefer" industry to raise capital instead
Models could lose appeal under new trading book rules
Rise of standardised approach would be 'a loss for the banking industry'
IT and consumer credit to be FCA focus in 2014
UK regulator lists risks for the year ahead
Pension funds snub swaps over margin demand
Liabilities now being matched with bonds or property, says AllianceBernstein
OpRisk North America: Op risk lags credit and market risk
Op risk disconnect from business, conference hears