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UBS released first quarter results on Tuesday, extending a run of weak opening-quarter results from financials with a 41% decline in investment banking profits.
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The Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (FI) on Thursday introduced tighter capital requirements for four major Swedish banks. FI intends to activate a countercyclical capital buffer and has said it will increase the risk weight of mortgages to 25% from 15%, in line with a central bank recommendation. -
The swap execution facility aggregation model, which allows market participants to connect to multiple SEFs without being a direct member, is favorable for buysiders who do not have the resources to connect to all facilities, according to speakers at the TABB Forum Derivatives 2014: A Market in Transition conference in Chicago, on Tuesday.
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US Congressman Mark Takano is urging regulators to scrutinise securitizations of single-family rental properties, such as the deal American Homes 4 Rent is marketing this week. He fears that institutional investors are pushing out first-time homebuyers and that these dynamics could introduce new risks into the public markets, just as housing begins to recover. He spoke with GlobalCapital’s Matt Scully about his concerns.
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The access to electronic trading systems and the proliferation of technology over recent years is allowing all market participants to compete in the financial markets, advantaging buysiders and other trading firms, according to Zem Sternberg ceo & managing partner at Lake Hill Capital Management.
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Finma, the Swiss regulator, has set out new capital standards for UBS and Credit Suisse, covering the “too big to fail” capital buffer. As a result, UBS will need capital totalling 19.2% of risk weighted assets, while Credit Suisse will need 16.7% by 2019.
