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Regulation

Exemption for forex swaps and forwards should hold, says GFMA’s Kemp

James Kemp, managing director of the global foreign exchange division, talks to FX Week about the biggest regulatory challenges of 2012

18 Jan 2012

People

Nomura names Ashley as global head of fixed income

Steve Ashley has been promoted to global head of fixed income at Nomura, with Georges Assi as his deputy

17 Jan 2012

Equity markets

RBS cash equities exit could hike hedging costs

RBS will have to pay more to hedge vega from its equity derivatives business after losing offsets provided by cash, rivals say

16 Jan 2012

Regulation

Identifiers will place significant technology demands on industry, say dealers

Progress to create a new set of industry standard codes to identify institutions, products and transactions is moving forward as regulatory reporting deadlines loom, but it remains one of the biggest market structure challenges of 2012 for foreign…

16 Jan 2012

Regulation

CFTC's Sommers and O'Malia attack 'unworkable' Volcker rule

Republicans dismiss prop trading ban as overly complex, unworkable and unenforceable

12 Jan 2012

Markets

Risk awards 2012: JP Morgan takes the crown

JP Morgan scoops six categories in Risk’s annual awards, with Deutsche Bank winning three. Two colleagues from Danske Bank – Jesper Andreasen and Brian Huge – land the award for quantitative research, while Markit’s Lance Uggla wins the lifetime…