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  • The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) pledged to tighten up the standards that govern its Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee, a welcome move at a time when the committee’s role is evolving and it is assuming greater importance as a quasi-legal authority.
  • The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has agreed not to increase the leverage ratio requirement — a big win for banks already struggling to stay abreast of new capital rules.
  • Standard Chartered Bank has made two promotions — crowning a new head of capital markets for Americas and Europe and a new head of European syndicate.
  • The fate of credit default swaps referencing Novo Banco still hung in the balance on Friday, with ISDA’s Determinations Committee unable to decide after three days of wrangling whether the Portuguese bank had triggered a government intervention credit event or a succession event.
  • Standard Chartered has announced that the group’s deputy chief executive officer will retire from the role and step down from the board at the end of April.
  • Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based Baird Financial Group, which manages some $150bn in client assets, announced a successor to its former chief executive Paul Purcell on Monday.