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A Canadian accounting rule that will force companies to value derivatives more precisely is expected to be fraught with operational and economic challenges. The abstract, known as EIC-173 from Canada’s Emerging Issues Committee, takes effect March 31.
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The window for buyers of credit default swaps to adhere to new a auction settlement supplement and protocol for existing trades opened Thursday and, according to Karel Engelen, director and global head of technology solutions at the International Swaps and Derivatives Association in New York, most users are expected to opt in.
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Financial lawyers, securities industry lobbyists and other market participants fear momentum is building in the U.S. Congress to find ways to tax equity derivatives, as a partial means to make Wall Street pay for bailouts.
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The chairman of the National Conference of Insurance Legislators taskforce on credit default swaps has asked the U.S. Congress to build some flexibility into how it defines covered versus naked CDS before it forces any regulation on the industry.
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Market participants are pondering the impact to derivatives contracts of Syncora Guarantee, formerly XL Capital Assurance, becoming insolvent after the monoline insurer stated Thursday that for statutory accounting purposes it has a negative net worth.
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The U.S. government’s move to increase its stake in Citigroup has some players pondering the impact a full nationalization might have.