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EU and UK join the race to shorten settlements
The EU is monitoring UK’s potential move to align with the US
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September 22, 2023
Editor's letter: Your weekly news digest
Today the FT reports that the UK has a problem with maths, but is this problem more widespread? Windfall taxes...
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September 20, 2023
BIS: Banks in emerging markets must beef up interest rate hedging tools
Banks in emerging markets may find it "challenging" to address rising interest rate risk without the use of more sophisticated...
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September 19, 2023
Editor's letter: Will Korea’s bank revamp whip up risky lending?
Our correspondent in south-east Asia, Natasha Teja, brings you details of the biggest banking overhaul in 30 years in South Korea,...
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September 19, 2023
ECB cautions on Italy’s windfall tax
Italy’s banking windfall tax could impair the resilience of the eurozone’s banks and distort markets, the European Central Bank has...
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September 18, 2023
South Korean banking overhaul met with scepticism
Ambitious plans to tackle South Korean banks’ vulnerability to credit risk are unlikely to work, and may even trigger a...
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September 13, 2023
US clearing rule proposal could amplify multiple risks
Liquidity, cyber and concentration risks could rise under central clearing proposals for treasury and repo trades outlined by the US...
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September 6, 2023
Editor's letter: Hong Kong reinvents itself
Hong Kong’s status as Asia-Pacific’s pre-eminent trading hub has taken a battering. Its prestige was built on the foundations of...
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September 6, 2023
Hong Kong undergoes 'entire market rethink'
Hong Kong is revamping financial market rulebooks, creating new investment corridors with China, and capitalising on deep offshore renminbi liquidity...
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September 6, 2023
De-risking China requires a ‘whole-of-company’ approach
Foreign multinationals operating and investing in China are facing a rapidly changing and less predictable risk landscape driven by a...
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September 5, 2023
European banks given warning of further ‘shocks’
A double warning from the European Central Bank and the Financial Stability Board has given European banks notice that they...
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