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M&A indexes getting second look after torrent of deals
Unusual dealmaking activity means strategy underperforming the S&P 500
Fatca compliance slowing down after 'ambiguous' IRS notice
Three months after IRS notice, Fatca compliance programmes slackening
EU-US Dialogue Project promises action on reinsurance collateral
EU to pursue covered agreement with FIO, bypassing state regulators
Japan slams European rules on bilateral swaps
Japanese firms will to look to use non-European counterparts
Tougher UK Remit sanctions to be felt across EU
Two years’ jail for Remit breaches will “focus minds”, say lawyers
UK utilities weigh creative inflation-hedge revamps
Yorkshire Water among the firms said to be considering inflation repacks
EU-US trade talks won't tackle swaps reform – Risk.net poll
Roughly two-thirds believe trade talks would help fix swaps problems
Fatca compliance at risk via third parties, expert warns
Questions on compliance within third parties need to be more focused
Energy firms fight for right to hedge at portfolio level
CFTC position limits could scramble widely used approach to hedging
China FX option reform to improve corporate risk management
Change in regulations will allow corporates to sell forex options
Swap data deadlock could be fixed in months, DTCC hopes
Bill gives US Senate the chance to kill off Dodd-Frank indemnification clause
PRA highlights restrictions on group own funds
Capital instruments from third-country insurers must fit Solvency II
Funds fear extended wait in FCA's AIFMD queue
Backlog means UK funds are temporarily unable to market in Europe
One trade a day is not a liquid market, Isda argues
Industry body says 15-40 trades per day should be rough benchmark of liquidity for Mifid
China to launch series of volatility indexes by year-end
Volatility benchmarks will follow launch of equity options later in 2014
Bank of England risk and stability head leaves for BP
Spencer Dale will join oil giant in October as chief economist
Asic reporting definition 'unworkable' say foreign banks
Australia move ends hope of a regional reporting standard emerging
Big banks losing funding edge, GAO finds
Study finds mixed views on effectiveness of TBTF policy
Micalizzi fined £2.7m for hedge fund collapse
Italian finance professor once heralded for options pricing banned from trading
OCC 'disappointed' at lack of accounting convergence
FASB and IASB must keep trying to unite standards, say bank regulators
Boyle replaces Yates as equity derivatives head at Citi
Yates leaves Citi to become CEO of Two Sigma Securities in September
Active fund managers underperform in Europe but not UK, S&PDJI
UK fund managers almost always outperform benchmarks, S&P
Repo rules decimate key liquidity ratio at Barclays
Reverse repo treatment in draft NSFR cuts ratio from 113% to 98%
Bank of America fined $1.27bn for defrauding mortgage agencies
Bank pays fine for mortgage fraud in the lead-up to the financial crisis