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A multitude of departures were seen last week, particularly in fixed income. UBS saw the departure of rates chiefs in Tokyo and Connecticut, while Barclays lost two FI heads in Singapore. -
The implementation of new regulations including the Dodd-Frank Act, the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II, the European Market Infrastructure Regulation and Basel III is significantly increasing the cost of capital and forcing banks to re-evaluate the economics of their over-the-counter trading businesses.
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E.U. short selling regulation that was introduced earlier this month is putting pressure on the compliance functions of some structured product issuers globally. According to lawyers, those under the most pressure are global financial institutions with multiple affiliates and branches, with it likely that new compliance units will have to be set up to track and match short and long positions across the entire group.
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Société Générale is pitching a play to take advantage of a potential weakening of the New Zealand dollar in buying three-month NZD/U.S. dollar 1x1.5 put spreads.
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It is difficult to predict whether E.U. regulation will be aligned with the U.S. in exempting fx forwards and swaps from the clearing obligation, Rodrigo Buenaventura, head of markets at the European Securities and Markets Authority, told DI.
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France lost its precious AAA rating on Monday, but the credit markets were predictably nonplussed.
