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Originator hired to go after bank bond issues in euros and dollars
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UniCredit’s outgoing CIB chief has delivered a more profitable, stable division for his successor. But it’s a low key handover, writes David Rothnie. -
Some derivatives market participants are weary of using credit hubs as they act as one single point of failure if a transaction were to fail because many parties are involved, according to panellists at the SEFCON V conference in New York on Wednesday. Parties at risk include swap execution facilities, clearing houses, futures commission merchants as well as their clients, the conference heard.
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For anyone who works outside the rarefied world of financial markets, Markit might sound like something an errant tomcat gets up to. But after listing his company for $1.5bn on Nasdaq in June just eleven years after founding it in his garden, CEO Lance Uggla is unlikely to be suffering much angst about his choice of name.
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The Financial Stability Board, which is chaired by Bank of England Governor, Mark Carney, has offered its thoughts on the final round of new bank capital requirements — Total Loss Absorbing Capacity, or TLAC. This capital measure includes gone-concern capital, which absorbs losses once a bank has collapsed, protecting depositors and taxpayers, as well as existing going concern capital such as equity and additional tier one.
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BNP Paribas’s traditional strength in fixed income paid off in its third quarter numbers, as the return of volatility in September allowed it to turn in a solid performance in FX and rates. Meanwhile French rival Société Générale had a tougher quarter thanks to sliding equity volumes, though it still reported strength in its market-leading equity derivatives business.
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The European Central Bank took over direct supervision of the eurozone’s largest banks on Tuesday, a big step forward for what is already a powerful institution — and likely to be a force to be reckoned with for banks in its charge.
