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The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has postponed the effective date of new derivatives rules until next July, making it a full two years after passage of the financial reform that ordered the measures.
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The Basel Committee is right to warn local regulators about capital relief deals that seek to game the system. But more transparency in the market would be a big step towards safety, without restricting legitimate risk transfer.
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The ring-fencing of investment banks from retail lenders is a pivotal moment for the UK’s financial services industry. The measures will help appease the public, but unless investors and issuers are given certainty about how bail-in will be implemented, funding markets will remain closed.
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US private placements are thriving. Combining many virtues of bond buyers and banks, the investors will listen to credit stories the mainstream market won’t touch. If only some of this common sense would rub off on the public bond market.
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European sovereigns should adopt two-way collateral agreements when entering into over-the-counter derivative transactions, according to the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, the Association for Financial Markets in Europe and the International Capital Market Association.
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The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has urged national regulators to scrutinize banks’ use of credit default swaps and other expensive forms of credit protection after supervisors expressed concern about potential regulatory capital arbitrage.