6.18.2013 |
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Co-op restructuring sparks bond confusion - Financial Times
Decision to impose possible losses on subordinated debt holders and convert their bonds to shares has upset the mutually owned bank’s bondholders
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6.17.2013 |
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DataArt Offers OPERA Risk Suite For Smaller Investment Banks - Wall Street & Technology
A partnership between DataArt and MongoDB will allow DataArt to develop and distribute a risk reporting suite designed for smaller investment banks.
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6.16.2013 |
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US banks: holding pattern - Financial Times
Regulators are considering mandating minimum amounts of long-term debt at bank holding companies – that is, a non-taxpayer funded buffer against losses
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6.16.2013 |
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Senior bank debt issues slump to decade low - Financial Times
Decline partly reflects widespread concern among investors about EU rules that aim to reduce cost of bank bailouts for taxpayers by forcing losses on creditors
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6.14.2013 |
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Q&A: Market Surveillance Demands 20-20 Vision - Advanced Trading
Just because regulators are gaining an IT advantage in market surveillance it doesn't mean that broker-dealers can relax. If they want to avoid fines and keep their trading license, remaining vigilant against suspicious trades and compliance infractions is still Job One.
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6.14.2013 |
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The Future of Corporate Actions Standards - Wall Street & Technology
Setting standards on transaction processing and how to communicate the status of financial events between banks and their customers is firmly within our control, and now is the time to take action.
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6.14.2013 |
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Markets barometer stays set for storms - Financial Times
Unless calm returns, unstable conditions could drive investors out of markets and undermine central banks’ efforts to steer economies
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6.13.2013 |
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Drop in ECB deposits seen as positive - Financial Times
Reduction in central bank balance sheet is seen as sign of reduced stress for eurozone banks and shows they have alternative sources of funding
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6.13.2013 |
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Watch out for the rate hike hit to banks - Financial Times
Regulators and some bankers are trying to assess just how damaging a US rate increase might be – not just for big banks, but small ones too
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6.13.2013 |
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Dublin to delay bank tests until 2014 - Financial Times
Country also seeks a “prudential backstop” from bailout lenders should events derail plan to return to market financing this year
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6.12.2013 |
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Markets bounce back after heavy selling - Financial Times
Stocks pare some of the tough losses faced yesterday amid fears of a growing reluctance by global central banks to boost stimulus
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6.12.2013 |
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Investors to pay for Japan’s bank failures - Financial Times
Spreading pain of bank collapses has become hot topic among global regulators keen to see ailing institutions propped up by private investors
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6.12.2013 |
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Deutsche Bank Launches Autobahn Mobile - Advanced Trading
The bank's sales, trading and research apps will be accessible to corporate and institutional clients via the new mobile platform.
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6.12.2013 |
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Equity rebound runs out of steam - Financial Times
US stocks reversed early gains and the dollar slipped further against the yen as lingering uncertainty about central bank policy kept markets on edge
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6.12.2013 |
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The day the central banks lost control - Financial Times
Fears of stimulus withdrawal trigger rising bond yields in emerging markets, but central banks could change tactics in a bid to calm markets
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6.11.2013 |
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Clearing Connectivity Standard Wins Support from Large Brokers - Advanced Trading
BofA Merrill Lynch, J.P. Morgan, UBS, and Barclays confirmed their support for the new OTC derivatives reporting standard.
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6.11.2013 |
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Investors should buy on market setbacks - Financial Times
The US and Japan have largely delevered, the eurozone shows some progress, and central banks will unwind QE slowly, says Robert Parker
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6.11.2013 |
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BoJ decision hits stocks and dollar - Financial Times
Markets take hits across the board from Bank of Japan decision, while investors also focus on Fed tapering debate and slowdown in Chinese growth
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6.11.2013 |
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Volatility follows Bank of Japan inaction - Financial Times
Uncertainty about central bank committment to providing stimulus drives stocks sharply lower and triggers a turbulent session for US Treasuries
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6.10.2013 |
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Euro banks cut cross-border debt holdings - Financial Times
The striking ‘re-domestication’ of eurozone bond markets is emerging as a significant side effect of six years of financial turmoil
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6.10.2013 |
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Eurozone banks retreat behind borders - Financial Times
The eurozone has seen a re-domestication of bond markets post crisis that has increased short-term stability but could spell danger longer term
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6.9.2013 |
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3 "Rs" Of Monitoring Dodd-Frank Trade Reporting - Wall Street & Technology
The Dodd-Frank deadline for swaps trade reporting is upon the industry and firms can expect even more regulatory change in the next few years.
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6.9.2013 |
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EM groups look to bonds over banks - Financial Times
Comapnies borrowed half as much from banks in the second quarter compared with the same period last year while market borrowing has risen by two-thirds
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6.7.2013 |
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BofA Merrill Lynch, Citi and Goldman Sachs Join Markit's Credit Checking Hub - Advanced Trading
Several top dealers have signed up for Markit's Credit Centre, a hub solution for OTC derivatives participants to manage credit lines between FCMs and their clients and venues.
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6.7.2013 |
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Tradeweb Completes Electronic Pre-Trade Credit Check on Buy-Side Swaps Trade - Advanced Trading
The derivatives platform demonstrated electronic pre-trade credit checking with an FCM for cleared swaps, using both ping and push protocols.
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6.6.2013 |
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European junk bond issuance jumps - Financial Times
Companies turn to bond markets as weak banks curb lending, with a record €66.7bn of sub investment grade issuance for the year to date
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6.6.2013 |
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Global stocks at six-week lows - Financial Times
Fretting about the duration and impact of central bank intervention, alongside patchy economic data, delivers a pullback from recent cyclical highs
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6.5.2013 |
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Equities slide as Fed uncertainty lingers - Financial Times
Doubts remain over when the US central bank will start winding down its bond purchases, while Japanese stocks dived after Prime Minister Abe’s speech
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6.5.2013 |
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The Big Shift: Overhauling Corporate Bond Trading - Advanced Trading
With major dealers shrinking their inventories of corporate bonds, buy side institutions are seeking ways to find liquidity over alternative trading platforms that are emerging to solve the liquidity shortfall.
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6.4.2013 |
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Rising debt load on buyouts hits ratings - Financial Times
Private equity firms use buoyant credit markets to load portfolio companies with more debt and make special payments to themselves
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6.4.2013 |
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Creditors likely losers from IMF rethink - Financial Times
IMF paper finds debt sustainability assessments have often proved too optimistic, and restructurings are often done too late in the process
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6.3.2013 |
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James Toffey Joins GFI to Head Up Electronic Markets - Advanced Trading
Interdealer broker GFI hired James Toffey, the co-founder and former CEO of Tradeweb, to spearhead its plans to launch regulated trading platforms for cash, derivative financial and commodities products in the U.S. and Europe.
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6.3.2013 |
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Bond volatility threatens risk models - Financial Times
Value at Risk metric, which has been a key part of banks’ toolboxes for two decades, is in danger of being upended amid the recent rise in bond yields
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6.3.2013 |
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US packaged car loan deals slump - Financial Times
Data suggest lenders, including major US banks and car manufacturers, are finding alternative sources of cheap funding, such as customer deposits or unsecured borrowing
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6.2.2013 |
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Time to throw some light on shadow banking - Financial Times
The term, surely pejorative, refers in general to the ever-more-convoluted plumbing that banks constructed in the years leading up to 2007
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