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  • Barclays, RBS and Standard Chartered have explained how they plan to meet new total loss absorbing capital (TLAC) rules — although the rules are not yet finalised and will not come into force until 2019.
  • The Financial Stability Board has published new proposals for assessing whether institutions are systemically important — a status which could mean tougher supervision or extra regulation.
  • There are signs that the pace of RQFII quota approvals is picking up, even though the volume of quotas handed out is still lagging the pace seen until the fourth quarter of 2014. A tax bill of as much as $4bn could also spoil the RQFII party, but the Stock Connect could be set for a boost as European Ucits funds get the green light to participate.
  • LCH.Clearnet’s global interest rate swap clearing platform, SwapClear, is launching a portfolio margining service that will enable its members and their clients to maximise their margin offsets between over-the-counter and listed interest rate derivatives. As a result of this, users will be able to more efficiently manage their collateral obligations.
  • As the first Thai bank enters the offshore RMB bond market, Thai regulators are keen to attract Chinese corporates to its capital markets.
  • The latest proposals from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and a coalition of five US prudential regulators could make trading uncleared swaps in the US costly and ineffective, driving business away from the country.