Regulation
DE Shaw rebukes Giancarlo’s big idea on Sefs
Hedge fund endorses electronic trading, as CFTC pushes for a return to old phone-based business
Clients feel forgotten by Giancarlo’s swaps trading plans
Industry says wider Sef mandate ignores reality of dealer-to-client market
Buy-siders eye ways to get ahead of US resolution stay rules
Come July 1, asset managers will be unable to dump derivatives as a G-Sib is unwound. Lawyers are standing by
Libor may linger as regulators ‘change tune’
CFTC and FCA suggest benchmark could be kept alive to avoid cash market chaos
Deutsche-Commerz merger would birth giant G-Sib
The combined bank would likely attract 2.5% G-Sib surcharge
Solvency II special measures boost EU insurers’ capital ratios
Median insurer's SCR ratio would be 24 percentage points lower without LTG and transitional benefits
BNPP, Credit Suisse, State Street incur VAR breaches
BNP Paribas capital multiplier increases on seventh breach in nine months