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The International Swaps and Derivatives Association has published an FAQ to answer concerns expressed by market participants around a potential CDS credit event on U.S. sovereign debt at a time when discussions over the country’s debt ceiling continue. -
Limiting the ability of so-called ring-fenced banks to trade interest rates, fx and commodity derivatives will be overly restrictive and could prevent banks from offering adequate protection to clients. That’s the view of Fiona Taylor, director of the European regulatory team at the International Swaps and Derivatives Association in London, in a letter to HM Treasury about the banking reform bill.
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In this week’s roundup of offshore renminbi news, Hong Kong regulators seek new CNY conversion quotas, renminbi-denominated payments are on the decline, and foreign banks are slow to enter Shanghai’s free trade zone.
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The recommendations of the U.K.’s Independent Commission on Banking chaired by Sir John Vickers published Sept. 2011 will have a profound effect on banking in the U.K.
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Australian counterparties registered as U.S. swap dealers started submitting over-the-counter interest rate swaps and credit derivative trade data to the Depository Trust & Clearing Corp. this week as part of the first phase of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s trade reporting roll out.
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Market participants will be required to report disputes in over-the-counter derivatives contracts via a European Market Infrastructure Regulation web portal hosted by the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority next week.
