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UBS fixed income structuring head departs

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By Lukas Becker Verified
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By UBS's global head of fixed income structuring, Adrian Bracher, has left the bank, sources say. Bracher joined the Swiss bank from Credit Suisse after the 2023 merger. At Credit Suisse, he was global head of macro structuring, and prior to the merger had worked at the bank for 20 years in a variety of rates structuring roles. At UBS, he reported to Spyros Mesomeris, global head of structuring. It's
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Custom index TRS booms at BlackRock

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By Lukas Becker Verified
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By BlackRock is expanding its use of total return swaps (TRS) on custom indexes, and is now addressing operational challenges around liquidity, documentation and execution to scale trading in the instruments. "We've had a significant increase in utilisation of TRS on custom indices," said Jenny Xiao, global head of rates trading and systematic execution at BlackRock. "We obviously trade a ton of
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StanChart: UK, EU should copy US 'commercial' Basel III

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By Lukas Becker Verified
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By A senior Standard Chartered executive has urged UK and European Union regulators to follow the "commercial" approach of US authorities toward prudential regulation, evident in last month's Basel III endgame proposals, warning that divergence across jurisdictions risks pushing activity towards less-regulated entities. "We like the regulatory simplification approach that the US is taking right now,"
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