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Key points of contention include the investor sanctions regime and the definition of 'resilience'
European and other regulators are working on reforms to make covered bond funding more efficient
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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is planning to give the industry guidance on Dodd-Frank extraterritoriality provisions. It will also phase-in compliance for foreign institutions on entity-level definitions over the course of an additional year, Gary Gensler, chairman, said in a lunch speech at the Institute of International Bankers.
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Alliance Bernstein has cleared interest rate swaps through LCH.Clearnet’s SwapClear, becoming the 75th end user to clear IRS with via the service.
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Regulation, as expected, is a main theme of the Global ABS conference and the topic took center stage Wednesday morning in a spirited discussion on the cumulative impact of new regulations.
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Recently, when reviewing the latest proposal of Solvency II treatment of securitization, as published by Fitch Ratings, and the European Central Bank securitization repo haircuts in current use, we were struck by a number of discrepancies in the treatment of the different fixed-income products.
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The combination of regulatory reforms and ongoing market challenges is forcing both banks and other financial institutions to review their business models and ensure they are optimally structured for the new environment.
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Securitization professionals and policymakers alike whistle the same tune, but they sing different lyrics: proposed regulations need to simultaneously address the future stability of the global economy without snuffing out the markets that drive it.