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12 September 2012
The first Basel III-compliant Tier 1 hybrid bond to be issued by an Australian bank acts as a regulatory test case on Basel III implementation in the country
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30 November 2012
By 1983, Latin America faced mountainous debt and a policy response that was to condemn the region to it's lost decade. Here Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton's Lee Buchheit outlines how the eurozone could better cope with its crisis
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30 November 2012
Since 1996, the Loan Market Association has set the benchmark European, African and Middle East’s syndicated loan markets. The LMA’s managing director, Clare Dawson, speaks with IFLR about the Association’s achievements and plans for the future.
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30 November 2012
By 1984, Mexico had amassed sovereign debt stocks totaling around $96.6 billion. Whitney Debevoise, a partner with Arnold & Porter and a former US executive director of the World Bank explains how a new debt service programme nearly paved the way for recovery
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20 November 2012
Lawyers remain doubtful compromise terms, circulated last week, relating to the establishment of a European banking union are enough to effect change
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20 November 2012
Lawyers on both sides of the Atlantic have dismissed speculation that the US Basel III delay gives its banks a competitive advantage over their European counterparts
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15 November 2012
The China Banking Regulatory Commission's implementation of Basel III will foster greater complexity in the offshore renminbi market
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15 November 2012
Market participants expect a UK separation from the EU in the course of the next parliament. But lawyers in London have called for constraint
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06 November 2012
Chinese banks’ Basel III concerns are growing as counsel outline how the China Banking Regulatory Commission’s (CBRC) implementation of Basel III will limit Chinese banks’ financing
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06 November 2012
It is possible to effectively ringfence retail and investment activities without restructuring banks into essentially two separate entities
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25 October 2012
The biggest shortfall of the Dodd-Frank Act is its inability to remove incentives that encourage banks to misuse savings under an understanding that they are too big to fail, Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan has claimed
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23 October 2012
Knight Capital last week reported a quarterly loss of $389.9 million. The colossal fallout has renewed concerns that the shadow-banking sector threatens the stability of the US financial system
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23 October 2012
More financial companies will have to develop models and systems to run stress tests following rules jointly finalised by the Federal Reserve Board, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the FDIC
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22 October 2012
The proposed European bank reforms could increase shadow-banking activity, Erkki Liikanen, chairman of the European Union High Level Experts Group has warned
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19 October 2012
The shift away from complex risk-weighting towards absolute minimum capital levels suggests Basel III will look very different in just a few years time
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16 October 2012
Following US Republican Presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s pledge to repeal the Dodd-Frank Act, if elected, speculation has grown as to whether US-style Liikanen reforms could feasibly replace Volcker
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16 October 2012
Other countries are tipped to follow the UK Financial Services Authority’s (FSA) lead and soften bank capital requirements ahead of Basel III implementation
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15 October 2012
Lawyers discuss how Liikanen proposals will impact global trading and outline how European banks can continue to work within the new framework
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12 October 2012
European banking reforms, as proposed by the Liikanen Commission, are likely to supersede or replace the UK’s Vickers, lawyers have predicted
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11 October 2012
UK lawyers have branded the Liikanen Committee’s recommendations counterproductive. Here's why
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11 October 2012
A banking and fiscal union in the Eurozone would represent an almighty challenge to the UK, says Cities of London & Westminster MP, Mark Field
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28 September 2012
Questions as to whether criminal sanctions for manipulating the London Interbank Offered Rate (Libor) will have retrospective effect have dominated the market reaction to this morning’s release of the Wheatley Libor Review’s final report
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25 September 2012
German support for an EU banking union increased after the European Commissioner Michel Barnier clarified that national regulators will continue to have a role. But non-eurozone member states remain unconvinced
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25 September 2012
Up to $550 billion of European LBO loans are due to mature between now and 2016. What are the options for addressing the huge refinancing burden and what new trends are emerging in this changed financial landscape?
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16 September 2012
Ahead of the anticipated Liikanen Report, UK lawyers have warned that European policymakers should be introducing limited liability for EU banks, not more regulation
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29 August 2012
Diversification of Russia’s banking sector following its accession to the WTO will be constrained by raising global capital requirements. But the sector should be bolstered by loan standardisation expected this year
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29 August 2012
Investigations into South Korea’s CD rate-setting prompted the country’s FSC to introduce the Cofix benchmark for short-term lending rates. But there are issues with Cofix setting too
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29 August 2012
Proposed amendments to Regulation Z of the Truth in Lending Act could increase investment in residential mortgages guaranteed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac just as the US government moves to unwind the government sponsored enterprises
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14 August 2012
University of New South Wales' Professor Justin O’Brien explains why the Wheatley Review pre-ordains continued failure
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31 July 2012
The UK’s FSA today revealed it is considering scrapping Libor. Lawyers in Tokyo and Singapore expect Tibor and Sibor amendments to follow those made in the UK and US
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18 July 2012
The US Federal Reserve chairman yesterday branded the Libor setting process as structurally flawed. US and UK market players outline the required reforms. But equivalent indices must also change if confidence in the system is to be restored