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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.
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Speed has always been a defining feature of the trading process, especially across the very liquid equities and fx markets. Moving from the open cry through to the information age and high-speed computing, the quicker an order could be placed and the faster information could be gathered, the more competitive advantage a firm could gain over its rivals. As the new millennium kicked off, vast sums were being bought and sold in milliseconds, and an interminable arms race seemed to have become an industry staple, with trading firms racing towards zero latency.
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Market disruption and dislocation could occur should third country central counterparties not receive recognition under the European Market Infrastructure Directive, according to Scott O'Malia, Commissioner at the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
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The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has announced further implementation details surrounding the trade execution requirement for certain interest rate and credit default swaps, as swaps that are part of a package transaction will be required to be traded on a swap execution facility or designated contract market beginning May 16.
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The European Banking Authority and Bank of England have revealed how they plan to test Europe’s banks this summer, but the stress on sovereign bonds will be less than that experienced only six months ago, writes Owen Sanderson.
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The Bank of England has published its own stress test which goes beyond the European Banking Authority’s new test, and makes UK banks model a 35% house price decline and a 30% drop in commercial real estate prices.