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Clearing conundrum
By Jim Brunsden and Philip Stafford
November 18, 2019, Financial Times
Neither Boris Johnson nor Jeremy Corbyn wants a no-deal Brexit, but the E.U. financial sector is still worrying about …
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Industry bodies urge E.U. to extend temporary equivalence of U.K. CCPs
By Hayley McDowell
November 14, 2019, The Trade
Fourteen trade associations have banded together to urge the European Commission to extend the temporary equivalence and recognition of U.K. central counterparties …
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In swaps we trust? Disappearing dollars drive currency trading dependence
By Ogla Cotaga
November 14, 2019, Reuters
As dollars dry up, global finance is growing increasingly dependent on opaque currency trading to keep cash flowing.
Banks and other short-term dollar …
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How robust fallbacks are hindering the Libor transition
By Thomas Helm
November 14, 2019, Practice Insight from IFLR
The received wisdom – and apologies to those who have already heard the oft-repeated analogy – is that robust fallbacks …
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Investment firms find potential PRIIPs loophole
By Hugo Bromley
November 14, 2019, Practice Insight from IFLR
Investment firms are looking to change the status of semi-professional investors in the latest workaround to emerge from the Packaged …
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ICMA: Don’t be fooled by the data, year-end risks lurk ahead
By Drew Nicol
November 13, 2019, Securities Lending Times
The International Capital Market Association (ICMA) has urged the European Commission and repo market participants not to be lulled into a …
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E.U. prepares tweak to MiFID market rules after industry backlash
By Philip Stafford
November 13, 2019, Financial Times
Brussels is preparing to retune some of its MiFID II markets rules from next year, less than three years after implementation, following …
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How MiFID II is slowly killing the trade
By Alice Tchernookova
November 14, 2019, Practice Insight from IFLR
Although recent reports showed MiFID II has helped make savings and improve conditions for end investors, many argue its impact …
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Primary dealers remain key for European government bond sales, debt officials say
By Dhara Ranasinghe
November 13, 2019, Reuters
The role of banks as primary dealers in European government bond auctions remains key, and pressure on banks to maintain this function appears …
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Top Down, Bottom Up: The Topsy-Turvy World of Fund Liquidity
By Melissa McDonough, Brown Brothers Harriman
Originally published at the On the Regs blog
Regulators on both sides of the Atlantic are tightening liquidity rules for investment funds with the …
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