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Financial Services Authority Consults on New Funding Model Review for the FSCS

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has proposed changes to the funding of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) which will continue to provide important reassurance to consumers but could reduce the likelihood of interim levies and offer firms more certainty in the level of fees they

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Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Opening the Kimono: The Risk of JP Morgan's Exposure

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Monday, May 21, 2012

With US$2.3 trillion in assets, JP Morgan Chase has been carried away in its reckless search for super-profits by mega-trading in complex derivatives.

New York Times Reports on The Volcker Rule and the Costs of Good Intentions

Andrew Sorkin of the New York Times has opined on the embedded costs for the US and global economy associated with implementation of the Volcker Rule.

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Monday, February 13, 2012

New York Times Reports That At Volcker Rule Deadline There Is A Strong Pushback From Wall St

The New York Times reports that current pushback against the Volcker Rule is the latest effort under way on Wall Street to mute the impact of Dodd-Frank.

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Monday, February 13, 2012

International Monetary Fund Releases Working Paper Investigating Whether Short-term Wholesale Funding is The Greatest Systemic Risk Factor

This working paper from the International Monetary Fund looks at a global system comprising large banks from a range of countries to assess the sources of systemic risk and contagion from individual institutions to the system as a whole.

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Sunday, February 12, 2012

CFTC-SEC Release Joint Study on International Swap Regulation

Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission have jointly conducted a study on how swaps and security-based swaps are regulated in the United States, Asia, and Europe.

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Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Financial Services Authority Publishes Final Guidance Relating to Reviews of Counterparty Credit Risk Management by Central Counterparties

The Financial Services Authority has published finalised guidance concerning reviews of counterparty credit risk management by central counterparties.

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Tuesday, January 31, 2012

International Monetary Fund Questions Whether Bank’s Risk-Weighted Assets Are a Credible Measure of Risk

A new working paper published by the International Monetary Fund argues that there remains a divergence between market assessments of risk and regulatory assessments of risk.

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Tuesday, January 31, 2012

European Parliament Releases Research Study on Implementation of the Consumer Credit Directive

The European Parliament’s Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection has published a research study concerning the implementation of the Consumer Credit Directive.

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Monday, January 30, 2012

Bank of England Encourages Cross-country Co-operation on Macro-prudential Policies

A new working paper from the Bank of England has examined the effects of changes in capital requirements as a macro-prudential tool for smoothing the credit cycle.

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Friday, January 27, 2012

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