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People moves: UBS hires new Apac investment bank vice-chair
Also: Commerzbank’s trade finance Asia head; Blackstone nabs JPM Japan chief; and others
Japanese banks eye phased CVA introduction
Working group reports “growing need” for valuation adjustment but cherry-picking fears persist
Bail-in ambiguity hands funding advantage to Japanese G-Sibs
Financial Stability Board wants Japan to clarify the conditions under which it can use its resolution powers
People moves: EBS makes switches in electronic forex
Citadel hires SEC director as general counsel; MUFG’s new leveraged finance head; Nomura changes India chief; and more
Three Japanese banks consider new CVA approach
Industry working group formed to discuss introducing accounting adjustment
TLAC concessions reduce impact for Japan banks
Revised rules cut upper threshold for G-Sibs to 18% from 20% of RWA
Q&A: Op risk veterans list lessons of the crisis
Accountability and learning from past failures key to sound risk culture
Lack of non-cleared margin rules in Asia sparks dealer concern
Requirements for non-cleared swaps delayed until September 2016 but firms in Asia may still not be ready
Japan banks will avoid US firms over margin rules
Dollar bias of US uncleared margin rules will impact swap pricing
New York regulator hits Bank of Tokyo with $315m fine
Further penalty imposed for watered-down report
Japan slams European rules on bilateral swaps
Japanese firms will to look to use non-European counterparts
Japan banks to sidestep Volcker private equity restrictions
Parallel fund structures given the go-ahead by the US
Enforcement director nominated for Ferc chair
Centrica hires Hess market risk director; Vattenfall names trading head; Gazprom recruits BAML power trader; Baltic Exchange names Singapore head; Mitsubishi UFJ in commodity retreat
Risk Japan: Basel securitisation reform creates ‘perverse incentives’
Inconsistent rules are damaging financial intermediation, says senior Japanese banker
Isda AGM: Big regulators hike pressure on small countries, panellists say
Initial margin requirements could increase liquidity strain on firms in smaller markets
Global liquidity flows threatened by Dodd-Frank provision on foreign banks
Japanese banks criticise proposed US regulation of foreign banking entities
New head of commodities at Musi
Robert Forgrave has joined Mitsubishi UFJ Securities International as head of commodities
OpRisk Europe: FSA made a mistake with the AMA, panellist claims
The UK Financial Services Authority should have forced large, sophisticated banks to adopt the advanced measurement approach to operational risk, risk manager argues
On the move
On the move
On the move
On the move
Standard CSA: the dollar dominance dispute
The dollar dominance dispute
Video: Japan earthquake highlighted ‘lifeline role’ of banking services
Hiromi Yamaoka from the Bank of Japan, Masao Hasegawa from MUFG, and Takashi Oyama from Norinchukin Bank explain the lessons learned following the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11. These include the importance of comprehensive business continuity…
Risk Japan 2011: MUFG risk chief hits out at supervisors on RRPs
Masao Hasegawa, CRO at Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, says he was taken aback by a regulatory requirement to develop a resolution and recovery plan before year-end
Asian demand spurs commodities boom
Asian demand for commodities continues to be insatiable. Alex Davis looks at how western investment banks are looking to take advantage of the opportunities presented by the growth