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ECB Seeks Details on Banks’ Hedge Fund Risks After Archegos
By Steven Aarons and Nicholas Comfort
April 13, 2021, Bloomberg
Europe’s top financial watchdog has asked some of the bloc’s largest banks for additional information on their exposure to hedge …

BOJ Sees Scope to Set Common Rules on CBDCs With Major Central Banks
By Leika Kihara and Takahiko Wada
April 8, 2021, Reuters
A group of the world’s seven major central banks has scope to set common rules and platforms for their own …

Brussels Squares Up to UK in Fight Over Euro Swaps Clearing
By Philip Stafford and Jim Brunsden
March 31, 2021, Financial Times
The EU is gearing up for a campaign to seize greater control of one of the City of London’s …

Bank of England Clamps Down on Brexit-Driven EU Relocations
By Stephen Morris and Caroline Binham
March 29, 2021, Financial Times
The Bank of England is demanding that lenders seek its approval before relocating UK jobs or operations to the …

BOE Flags Risk of Illiquidity in Fragile Government Bond Markets
By Lucy Meakin
March 26, 2021, Bloomberg
The Bank of England flagged instances of illiquidity as a broader risk to the financial system after a rout in some government bond …

Germany’s Highest Court Blocks Ratification of EU Recovery Fund
By Guy Chazan
March 26, 2021, Financial Times
Germany’s highest court has stopped a law ratifying the EU’s post-pandemic recovery fund, pending an urgent appeal against the legislation by a …

BIS’s Coeure Says Bitcoin Failed Test on Being a Currency
By Carolynn Look, Francine Lacqua, and Matthew Miller
March 25, 2021, Bloomberg
Bitcoin’s volatile value makes it impossible to consider the crypto-asset a currency, according to the Bank of International …
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ECB: Don’t Expect Equivalence Extension for UK CCPs
By Rebekah Tunstead
March 24, 2021, Risk
The European Commission is likely to stick with its June 2022 deadline for halting equivalence for UK central counterparties, says an executive at …
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Customers Decide Where to Clear Euro Swaps, Deutsche Bank Tells EU
By Huw Jones
March 23, 2021, Reuters
Splits in derivatives markets due to Brexit present big operational and revenue challenges for banks in the European Union and it will be …

ECB Offers Banks More Leeway to Clean Up Pandemic-Hit Balance Sheets
By Martin Arnold
March 16, 2021, Financial Times
Europe’s top banking supervisor has said lenders could be given more time to benefit from capital relief if they speed up their …