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Public sector issuers have become more flexible when executing cross-currency interest rate swaps
Politically motivated prosecutions endanger democracy
Solutions exist but political will is necessary
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How green should a green bond be? Should the company issuing the green bonds have to be green itself, or is it enough that the projects that the bonds are funding are of a hue most verdant? And just how green are those projects they are funding?
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A Norwegian trader lost millions on Wednesday in a bad bet on the German and Nordic power markets, putting other members of Nasdaq Clearing on the hook for €107m in losses. The clearing house withstood the test to its capital buffers, but Nasdaq must be clear about what went wrong and what steps need to be taken to maintain confidence in its systems. -
Talk of Greece’s return to the bond market for a 10 year euro benchmark has abounded over the last few weeks, following the sovereign’s exit from its third bailout programme. To paraphrase Elvis, it is time for a little less conversation and a little more action.
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The United States’ top derivatives regulator, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) chair Christopher Giancarlo, this week apologised for his organisation’s past regulatory overreach in policing foreign derivatives markets and called for a “reset” in relations with the European Union. The Europeans would be wise to take him up on his offer.
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The role of rating agencies in contributing to the 2008 financial crisis should not be forgotten. Inflated ratings on securities that turned toxic played a major part in the build-up of the financial bubble that later burst with costly consequences.
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It is high time that the famously conservative Japanese market started embracing new practices. There are signs that modernisation is afoot.
