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Japanese dealers will have a pricing advantage over foreign firms as they will not have to include credit valuation adjustments into their risk management capital ratios for domestic yen-denominated derivatives when new Basel III standards are enforced in March.
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Hedge funds are urging the European Securities and Markets Association to include a straight-through-processing standard in the final regulatory technical standards for over-the-counter derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories. The funds argue that an STP standard would reduce systemic risk and create an open and competitive market.
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South Korean over-the-counter derivatives are continuing to grow, despite a restrictive regulatory environment in the country designed to dampen the market.
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Leverage ratio calculations in the amended capital requirements directive that do not take into account the offsetting nature of the matching legs of a cleared trade would not be consistent with the direction of ongoing global regulatory reform, according to the International Swaps and Derivatives Association. -
Obligating clearing members to offer indirect clearing is likely to decrease competition and increase counterparty risk, according to an industry response to the European Securities and Markets Association.
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The requirement from the European Securities and Markets Authority to require a central counterparty to deduct at least 50% of its regulatory capital requirements from its regulatory capital resources is not suitable, according to the International Swaps and Derivatives Association.
