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In the wake of the news that four traders at different banks were under investigation by US and UK authorities over possible sharing of client flow information, senior bankers were quick to blame the structures of the market, and pressure from issuers focused on turnover statistics, for making it possible.
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Investigators are finally baring their teeth at the bond markets, after dozens of other post-crisis scandals, with a probe into the supranational and agency market that has engulfed four banks. -
The Dutch government has urged the European Commission to address the “unbalanced” regulatory treatment of securitization compared with covered bonds, complaining of “disproportionate” incentives to invest in covered bonds versus ABS.
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Mounting pressure on UK chancellor of the exchequer, George Osborne to preserve London’s place as a global financial centre may have played a part in the Financial Conduct Authority interim chief executive’s decision, announced on Thursday, to withdraw her application for the permanent position.
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Much rulemaking was published in 2015, but that doesn’t mean bankers are any clearer on what it means for their businesses. And as they wade through the thousands of pages of finalised regulation, the banking industry is highly likely to be faced with additional rules — and challenges —in 2016. Graham Bippart reports.
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Worries about bond market liquidity went from specialist interest to global best-seller in 2015. The Bank of England and the Federal Reserve published extensively on liquidity problems in bonds; European politicians lost their appetite for regulation, fearful about doing further damage to the frail but crucial animal spirits of the bond markets. But the last year saw precious little done to solve the problem. Owen Sanderson asks whether 2016 will be better.
