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  • Banks that have been heavily fined in the past will need more capital to reserve against operational risk, if Basel Committee proposals, published at the end of last week, are implemented. The measure is meant to reserve against the risk of fines, errors, rogue traders, cyber-crime and other costly failures.
  • Deficiencies in solvency and capital, not a loss of liquidity, cause banking crises, said the Prudential Regulatory Authority’s new chief executive in a speech on Wednesday, rejecting a view held by many bankers that much post-crisis regulation represents a misunderstanding of how the 2008 crisis came about.
  • A study by the Basel Committee has found that an obscure tweak could cut 200bp off big banks' common equity tier one ratios — suggesting that regulatory claims that there is no 'Basel IV' are misplaced.
  • HSBC’s head of European FIG DCM in London has fallen victim to the bank’s latest reorganisation, GlobalCapital understands.
  • ABN Amro has picked a former BNP Paribas banker to head its MTN private placement desk.
  • Policymakers and regulators, be warned: US investment banks are poised to exceed the market share of their European counterparts in Europe, which could set back European initiatives to stabilise the region’s banking sector while increasing corporate and retail access to capital.