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Bowen: CFTC should complete Dodd-Frank rules by year-end
Leaving rules "in flux" will harm market, CFTC commissioner warns
End-users press Congress for Dodd-Frank fixes
Commodity firms blast CFTC over hedge exemptions to position limits
Op risk’s profile rising at banks, say risk managers
Business side shows more attention and understanding
Capital floors could spur risk-taking – Swedish FSA
"Very careful" calibration needed to avoid bad incentives, says senior supervisor
Fed: future of op risk models “in the balance”
Basel Committee mulling altered AMA – or even replacement with RSA
NY Fed's new cyber taskforce dismissed as “distraction”
RBS risk veteran says banking activities pose greater threat
'No plans' for further guidance on third-party risk – OCC
Banks will have to figure out what constitutes ‘critical activities’ for themselves
Big data gives SEC new ways to spot misconduct – Bauguess
Innovative data tools behind big SEC successes
Goldman hikes clearing fees by 75bp as leverage ratio bites
New fee structure amounts to a fourfold increase in some cases
India to become netting friendly on bankruptcy law reform
Different treatment of public and private banks stymied netting – but this could now change
Radical change needed to close hedge fund gender gap
Asian hedge funds best for gender equality but Europe lags, research finds
China rate cut boosts offshore structured product market
High-net-worth investors pile into dollar and commodity structures as PBoC loosens
Evasion concerns hamper Mifid package trade fix
Esma working on package trades, but "too premature" to discuss a solution
Japan equity derivatives trading stalls on Nikkei 15-year high
Abenomics had driven a surge in Japan equity derivatives activity, but now cash investors dominate
Commerzbank fiasco offers lessons to compliance and boards
Governance failures and weak compliance at heart of $1.45bn fine
CCPs mull equity swaps clearing solutions
Progress slowed by lack of standardisation and fear of triggering regulatory mandate
Basel Committee launches FVA project
US regulators also looking into divergent valuations for uncollateralised swaps
Aussie super funds seek alternatives for diversification
Low returns from traditional investments are driving Australia's pension industry to look more at alternative assets
Vitol veteran Preston joins energy brokerage
Cornerstone builds commodity finance business by hiring Duncan Preston
EU commodity position limits too cumbersome, firms say
Mifid II proposals seen as bad for end-users and market liquidity
CenturyLink taps Cognilytics buy for financial big data analytics vertical
CenturyLink will ultimately make analytics tools available as managed service in its cloud infrastructure
Exchange Data Revenues Make Positive Start to 2015
Acquisitions made up for some shortfalls in exchange revenues
Gradual rollout for China's payment system
As yet no details of how Cips will include existing offshore infrastructure
Iosco likely to act on commodity storage concerns
Regulator probe touches on controversy over warehouses and role of banks