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Final political agreement was reached this week on the fourth Capital Requirements Directive and the first Capital Requirements Regulation, effectively bringing the Basel III rules into law. Kai Spitzer, policy officer at the European Commission and policy co-ordinator on capital adequacy, said the text was now stable after an agreement was reached at 11pm on Wednesday night, writes Bill Thornhill.
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Banks that have clung on to their emerging market franchises through the financial crisis are adamant that this business has the potential to be an important area of growth in the coming years.
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CIMB has moved to bolster its Singapore office, appointing Manoj Agarwal as head of investment banking in the city-state.
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Credit Suisse lost the bulk of its Asian bond syndicate team at the end of last week, when Devesh Ashra and Hital Desai left the bank after being poached by a rival firm.
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The UK’s Banking Standards Commission has criticised the government for relying on European policy-makers to implement legislation to force losses on the bondholders of failing banks, as well as calling for a higher leverage ratio than the one proposed as part of Basel III, writes Will Caiger-Smith.