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New system starts with nearly 100% coverage of trading data
Europe’s regulator proposes preserving capital requirements while trimming the complexity that hampers cross-border M&A
Banks face an uncertain future as finance goes digital
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UK Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne’s promise to “ensure that all businesses and individuals pay their fair share, including by restricting the amount of banks’ profits that can be offset by carried forward losses”, is little more than window-dressing, which reschedules the use of deferred tax assets, but will have little impact in the long term. -
FIG dealmaking will return in 2015, but it will be smaller and less exciting than it has been in the past, writes David Rothnie.
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Royal Bank of Canada made C$2.3bn of profits in its fourth quarter (August, September and October), an 11% increase that took its profit for the year to C$9bn. But the bank took a hit in its capital markets division, as revenues decreased 14% to C$1.49bn.
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Dutch banks have been given the official green light to issue additional tier one bonds, after the country’s First Chamber of Parliament voted to pass a proposal allowing for the tax deductibility of additional tier one coupon payments.
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Standard Chartered has hired Gwynne Master as head of financial institutions Europe within corporate and institution client coverage.
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The European Banking Authority said in a consultation paper that it expects that the Minimum Requirement for Own Funds and Eligible Liabilities (MREL), to be applied to EU banks, to be “compatible” with the Financial Stability Board’s proposal for Total Loss Absorbing Capacity (TLAC).
