Banks relying on back-leveraged SRT trades in the UK now face increased regulatory scrutiny. The PRA's "Dear CFO" letter warns that not all repo financings collateralised by SRT tranches meet the trading book’s liquidity...more
The global financial crisis exposed critical vulnerabilities in the banking sector, prompting swift action from the Basel Committee for Banking Supervision (the "Basel Committee"). In November 2010, they unveiled the original...more
As you may know, on July 27, 2017 the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) chief executive Andrew Bailey announced that market participants should not rely on the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) being available after...more
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