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The Singapore Exchange is going ahead with its plan to acquire London-based Baltic Exchange for £77.6m ($101.7m), half a year after submitting a non-binding bid for the shipping bourse. -
It was a tale of two interventions this week, as Japan underwhelmed markets with its stimulus plan while the Bank of England delivered more than expected, in moves that also sent the yen and pound reeling in different directions.
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US federal agencies have agreed a final rule exempting some commercial and financial derivatives counterparties from having to pay margin on trades not cleared through a clearing house.
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The International Swaps and Derivatives Association and IHS Markit have updated their ISDA Amend protocol for margin on uncleared swaps and cross-jurisdictional notification between counterparties, in response to changing regulatory requirements.
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The fate of credit default swaps referencing Grupo Isolux Corsán Finance hung in the balance on Thursday, with the International Swaps and Derivatives Association’s EMEA Determinations Committee weighing whether the company would become the third of last August’s five widest trading iTraxx Crossover constituents to trigger a credit event in 12 months.
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The Bank of England doesn’t often follow the European Central Bank. During the financial crisis and its aftermath, the Bank was quick to cut interest rates and implement quantitative easing. The ECB was still raising rates in July 2008, and didn’t start QE until 2015.
