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The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) looks set for lengthy deliberation after critics lined up to savage its proposed rule on the use of derivatives. The rule would change the way that mutual funds, exchange-traded funds and other investment companies measure risk, and would limit their use of derivatives in ways that could have sweeping effects across the investment management industry.
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ICAP, the interdealer broker, has launched a daily index that measures the effective cost of funding for sterling government bonds. -
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation has teamed up with software company Digital Asset Holdings on a blockchain solution for clearing and settling repurchase agreements.
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The International Swaps and Derivatives Association has warned that European supervisory authorities’ decision not to give ground on one day margin collection in their rules for uncleared derivatives will pose big challenges and costs for the buyside, while the deadline to comply in general with the regulation has become a ‘sprint’.
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Critics have lined up to savage a proposed Securities and Exchange Commission rule that would change the way that mutual funds, exchange-traded funds and other investment companies measure risk and limit their use of derivatives in ways that could have sweeping effects across the investment management industry.
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Spreads on bank bonds have wound tighter this month on improved sentiment following more ECB stimulus, feeding greater optimism around banks' first quarter results.
