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The British Bankers Association (BBA) has suggested that the UK's Prudential Regulatory Authority and Financial Conduct Authority extend their controversial Senior Managers Regime (SMR) to include other firms in the wholesale markets. This move is likely to hit the broker community the hardest. -
Last week, TABB Forum held a conference in New York where senior buysiders, sellsiders, exchanges, clearing houses, lawyers and other market officials met to discuss the trading and regulatory landscape in the fixed income derivatives markets. GlobalCapital reported from the event on hot topics such as liquidity, fragmentation, volatility, Dodd-Frank, trading and execution legislation, and more.
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Ashley Wilkins, Société Générale's outgoing head of global finance for Asia Pacific, was in bullish mood this week as he prepared to head back to an as-yet undisclosed new role in the bank's UK operation. "We are firing on all six cylinders, not even just four," he said.
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Barclays is seeking a stronger footing in Asia Pacific ECM, with the creation of a new role of head of blocks origination. The bank has struggled to make headway in terms of market share in the region, but its strong Japanese franchise, accompanied by its new emphasis on the more profitable blocks business, shows the firm is moving in the right direction, reports Rashmi Kumar.
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ICAP believes that the fine imposed by the European Commission of €14.96m (£11.3m) on Wednesday for having breached EU antitrust rules by facilitating several cartels in the sector of yen interest rate derivatives is wrong both in fact and in law.
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The European Commission’s draft green paper on Capital Markets Union, is “remarkably realistic and unidealistic”, according to Clifford Chance’s Simon Gleeson, a partner in financial market and regulatory law. The paper, due to be released on February 18, proposes tackling prospectus rules, SME credit scoring, revamped securitization rules, private placements and long term investment funds in the first phase of the project.
