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Giancarlo: SLR change would cut clearing capital by 70%
Isda AGM: netting of clearing collateral would boost activity without weakening banks, claims CFTC chair
Critical Mass: why US Treasury swallowed unloved Volcker rule
Bank prop trading ban drafted in a lunch break after Democrat defeat in Massachusetts
Mnuchin: FSOC working on revised Volcker rule
US Treasury secretary wants revamp of prop trading ban; not repeal
OFR leads US push for mandatory adoption of LEIs
Berner says his bureau could use repo-reporting project to drive uptake of legal entity identifiers
Treasury: SLR 'reducing stability' in US repo markets
Treasury study found leverage ratio is making bank repo funding “fragile”
Exchange innovation of the year: CME Group
Risk Awards 2017: Patience pays off with spectacular success of Ultra 10 Treasury futures
Citadel exec laments fragmentation of US Treasury liquidity
Risk USA: New trading venues decrease price transparency, says Nicola White
Huge Brexit margin calls stoke intra-day funding fears
Calls on June 24 may have topped $40 billion; critics urge regulators to review episode
Clamour grows for US Treasuries clearing mandate
HFT default could destabilise interdealer markets, participants fear
US Treasury: prepare for a post-Libor world
Senior official urges participants to adopt new benchmark
Interview: US Treasury CRO on credit risk, Tarp and cyber threats
Ken Phelan stresses importance of credit risk management in key Treasury role
Bank prop indexes threatened by US tax changes
IRS’s Section 871(m) rule places burdensome requirements on non-qualified indexes sold to non-US persons
HFT firm Teza said to be eyeing prop trading retreat
Big US Treasury trader has seen hedge fund add $1.5bn this year
L’exception française: why French banks dominate US repo trading
French banks are exploiting a quirk in the leverage ratio rules to expand repo trading
Buy side backs call for US Treasury new-for-old scheme
A programme of bond exchanges could revive liquidity in off-the-runs
DTCC’s Murray Pozmanter on repo clearing and HFT
Buy-side clearing a top priority following suspension of interbank GCF repo
Start-up UST trading venues face clearing hurdles
Gaps in central clearing are stifling the emergence of all-to-all trading venues for US Treasuries
Tradeweb: US Treasuries clearing should be mandatory
Senior executive says move would help foster all-to-all trading in cash Treasuries
Interdealer brokers embrace buy side as bank dominance slips
Tradeweb considers integrating interdealer and client liquidity pools
DTCC coaxing HFTs to become clearing members
US Treasuries CCP concerned about contagion risk threat to existing members
SEC leverage ratio meetings alarm broker-dealers
US Treasury spread trades could face 850-fold jump in capital requirements
MetLife Sifi win leaves G-Sii status meaningless – US lawyers
Federal court decision brings whole Sifi and G-Sii designation process into question
US end-users risk tax hit in move to daily settled swaps
Changing treatment of variation margin could benefit banks, but hurt clients
Voltaire Capital and the prop shop that changed its spots
London-based start-up joins liquidity contest via buyout of Chicago HFT firm