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Supporters claim smart derivative contracts remove need for central counterparties
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The coronavirus pandemic has put some major market regulation on ice, but not the Ibor transition, the most far-reaching financial reform still on market participants’ to-do lists. -
Synthetic risk transfer deals from Deutsche Bank, Santander and Standard Chartered have been seen changing hands, as certain credit funds look to free up cash by selling assets that have drastically outperformed equity and junior debt in leveraged loan CLOs. Risk transfer deals are often bilateral and privately negotiated, with little or no public reporting, and usually held to maturity by the specialist funds that buy them.
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US banks ramped up reserves for credit losses, expanded credit lines and enjoyed bumper trading and debt underwriting volumes in the first quarter, according to results released on Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Reviews of key areas of legislation such as MiFID II, bank capital requirements and Solvency II have been pushed into the future, as the European Commission puts green and digital regulation first.
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Royal Bank of Scotland is pushing ahead with job cuts in its investment banking division, bucking a trend by big banks to delay restructuring plans and cost-cutting during the coronavirus crisis.
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LCH has come through the extreme volatility of February and March to clear record levels of derivatives across its interest rate, FX and credit derivatives arms.
