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UK Finance Regulators Seek ‘Ambitious’ Access to US Markets
By Silla Brush
April 13, 2021, Bloomberg
Britain’s financial markets watchdog is looking to upgrade its relationship with the US and give UK firms permanent access to American securities and …
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 …
US Put Off Derivatives Rules for a Decade Before Archegos Blew Up
By Joe Rennison, Eric Platt, Colby Smith, and Philip Stafford
April 12, 2021, Financial Times
Rules written in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis to limit the potential for …
Investment Firms Prudential Regime Paves Way for FCA’s Post-Brexit Supervision
By Alice Tchernookova
April 12, 2021, Practice Insight from IFLR
The UK’s new Investment Firms Prudential Regime (IFPR) bears testament to the Financial Conduct Authority’s new supervisory style in the …
Britain to Use Brexit ‘Flexibility’ to Make City of London More Attractive
By Huw Jones
April 13, 2021, Reuters
Britain will use its freedom from European Union rules to regulate markets flexibly and make the City of London even more attractive to …
Banks, After Bracing for Disaster, Are Now Ready for a Boom
By Ben Eisen
April 13, 2021, The Wall Street Journal
The accelerating economic recovery is likely to boost bank profits.
Encouraged by government efforts to pump money into the economy …
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Blast From the Past: Alan Greenspan: Dodd-Frank Should Be Repealed
Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan discusses the impact of bank regulations and calls for the repeal of the Dodd-Frank Act. He speaks with Bloomberg’s David Westin on “Bloomberg ‹GO›.”…
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Blast From the Past: What Barney Frank Really Thinks About the Rollback of Dodd-Frank
The Senate is on the verge of passing a bill that will weaken Dodd-Frank, the landmark 2010 banking reform law. If passed, the new bill will exempt midsize banks with …
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Blast From the Past: Why Trump Wants to Make Banks Risky Again
Trump campaigned on deregulating Wall Street, saying that regulations are “killing our country and our jobs.” He wants to repeal Dodd-Frank, the 2010 law that tried to reign in the …
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Total Return Swaps at Electronification ‘Frontier’ – Tradeweb
By Wendy Lisney
April 9, 2021, Global Investor Group
The total return swap market is ripe for electronification as the credit derivatives contracts can be traded on a wide spectrum …
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MiFID II Review to Look at Systematic Internalizers
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Blast From the Past: EU Tells Traders Working From Home: Take Notes if You Can’t Record Calls
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Blast From the Past: EU Watchdog to Nudge Bond Trades Closer to Real-Time Transparency
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Blast From the Past: Traders Across Europe Face Up to the Cost of Failure
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Blast From the Past: Passive Investing Boom Reaches Europe as Assets Hit $1 Trillion
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MiFID II Review to Look at Systematic Internalizers
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Blast From the Past: EU Tells Traders Working From Home: Take Notes if You Can’t Record Calls
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Blast From the Past: EU Watchdog to Nudge Bond Trades Closer to Real-Time Transparency
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Blast From the Past: Traders Across Europe Face Up to the Cost of Failure
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Blast From the Past: Passive Investing Boom Reaches Europe as Assets Hit $1 Trillion