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The US Securities and Exchange Commission proposed rules last Friday aimed at curbing funds’ use of derivatives, in a move that could force some exchange traded funds (ETFs) to close. -
The US Securities and Exchange Commission will meet on Friday and is expected to propose tough restrictions on the use of derivatives in funds sold to retail investors.
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Intercontinental Exchange expects to complete its acquisition of Interactive Data Corporation early next week, having received all regulatory approvals.
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Regulatory incentives to shrink banks are still far outweighed by the benefits of being big – meaning 2016 could see more consolidation in the sector. Systemically important banks are unlikely to buy each other, but the UK challengers are likely to be active, while asset swaps, disposals, and small bank consolidation could accelerate.
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Deutsche Bank has firmly denied that its removal from the Belgian Debt Agency’s list of primary dealers has any wider implications for its public sector debt business — but the move has left rival bankers fretting about the health of the sector.
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Abengoa avoided triggering a bankruptcy credit event on Tuesday by only a single word change in legal documentation after ISDA spent more than a week boggling over Spanish laws and its own credit derivative definitions. But as GlobalCapital went to press, the firm looked to be on the brink of triggering a failure to pay credit event instead, having acknowledged it had missed commercial paper repayments. Dan Alderson reports.
