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Bank Hapoalim equity index trader Justin Egan resigned last week, fueling ongoing speculation as to the equity derivatives desk’s future.
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Five-year credit-default swap spreads on Bank of America gapped out to a new high of 217.5 basis points amid fears that the bank would be nationalized. [The worries proved unfounded. In December, the bank paid back the USD45 billion it had received from the Troubled Asset Relief Program. At press time, five-year CDS on the bank were at 131.1bp, tighter than that of Goldman Sachs at 133.1bp, according to CMA DataVision.]
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--U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) vowing to bring more transparency to the over-the-counter derivatives market on Capitol Hill last week.
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The credit crunch has focused a lot of attention on bank capital ratios. With recent large write-downs in asset values, the implementation of Basel II's risk based capital requirements and the possible introduction of further changes following the Basel Committee's December consultation paper, banks face the prospect of holding increasing levels of regulatory capital as the assets they own deteriorate in both credit and rating quality.