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Banking leaders say reforms could lead to decline in financial growth
... regulation following the Lehman Brothers collapse two years ago that triggered the global financial crises, Reuters reports. Industry leaders assert a regulatory crackdown such, as the proposed Basel ...
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EU financial service industry to be supervised by 4 regulators
Further power is to be given to European Union regulators in an effort to stem failures by national governments to agree on how to deal with the failure of large, cross-border banks. Do you think this ...
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Lehman collapse under debate
Phil Angelides, Democratic chairman of the blue-ribbon panel, examining the US financial crisis argued Wednesday that government officials made a "conscious policy decision" not to prevent Lehman Brothers ...
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EU law to crack down on abusive short selling
... these two episodes, Barnier wants a pan-EU law on short-selling to ensure consistent, proportionate actions across the bloc in emergencies. "The regulation aims at addressing the identified risks without ...
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EU says proposed OTC derivatives trading regulations will boost security and transparency
Will clearing houses improve transparency and reduce risks in the over-the-counter derivatives markets? Will the suggested derivatives regulations be able to limit losses in the event of a default by ...
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Snapshot of GPF London 2010 interactive poll results with focus on regulation
... results including some additional commentary, which adds some extra colour and depth to the debate. The poll covered areas such as regulation, transparency, risk and data quality, benchmarking and syndicated ...
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Swiss delay solutions on ‘too-big-to-fail’
... Bank vice-chairman Thomas Jordan and top managers from banks and insurers. After the Swiss government had to rescue their largest bank, they have been pushing for tighter banking regulations, requiring ...
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Dubai World prized assets on sale to cut debt
... span of time. We need to see more practical steps, new rules and regulations come to the market," said Samer al-Jaouni, general manager of Middle East Financial Brokerage Co. "Foreign investments have ...
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Creditor Bail-ins being explored to protect taxpayers
... the taxpayer from bailing-out failing banks worth the cost of shrinking the pool of potential investors? Let us know your thoughts on the proposed regulations in our comments section below. ...
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Abolishing FSA could lead to accountability gap while think tank sees interest rates at 8%
... unelected group, with no requirement to explain their actions. Even some Treasury ministers are understood to be concerned with some of the new regulations, the Telegraph reports. The British Bankers' ...
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Basel Committee suggests regulation to limit taxpayer losses
Should investors other than ordinary shareholders take a loss before banks are bailed out by taxpayers or fail, as the new proposal from the Basel Committee suggests? Further, should financial instruments ...
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ANALYSIS-New Jersey case puts U.S. muni issuers on alert
... amendment to oppose any further regulation. "Our view ... is that this is sort of the beginning," said Jon Teall of New York's Teall & Associates, a financial communications firm. "The SEC can't ...
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Basel says new bank rules growth impact "modest"
... were unlikely to return even without new regulation. A crucial question yet to be answered on Basel III is what minimum level of capital banks will be required to hold in the new system, and what this ...
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08/16/2010 Syndicated Loan Market Commentary
... loans than those at public universities. The U.S. Department of Education recently proposed regulation to limit the ability of for-profit schools to graduate students with high debt-to-income ratios. Education ...
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UK bankers threaten to relocate HQ on bonus restrictions
... traders and advisers. The regulations will eventually be implemented across the EU and will have an impact on firms operating within Europe and the global businesses of companies headquartered in Europe. ...
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Fed's Hoenig- keeping rates low 'dangerous gamble'
... margin for error, he said. "It is a level of risk that I judge unacceptable," he said. And Hoenig added that recent Wall Street reform in the U.S. to tighten financial regulation would only be ...
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Basel expected to raise core Tier 1 as worries on recovery increase globally
... regulations. The new regulations are further expected to lead to an additional "capital conservation buffer" of about 2% that can be run down in financial downturns, and is to be composed of common shares ...
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The Spirit of New Financial Regulations
... and are likely to adopt flexible compliance rules. The key to understand the spirit of the new regulations looming is to explore the most shocking aspects of the liquidity crisis between the start ...
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Lobby group warns stricter ABS regulations may hinder recovery
Could the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) tougher regulation proposal regarding the offering process, disclosure and reporting for assetbacked securities hinder renovation ...
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US treasurer outlines banking reform
... bitterly by banks, was triggered by lawmakers' anger at Wall Street's role in accelerating the 2007-2009 financial crisis, Reuters adds. The Obama administration endeavours to streamline regulation ...