Financial Regulatory Forum

– Peter Thal Larsen is a Reuters columnist. The views expressed are his own –

By Peter Thal Larsen
LONDON, Oct 6 (Reuters) – The UK’s Financial Services Authority has come up with a sensible set of rules to shore up banks’ liquidity buffers. But the real test will be managing the transition. Banks know they will have to buy tens of billions of pounds of government bonds, but the regulator is being deliberately vague about when. There are substantial risks if the FSA gets its timing wrong.

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    By Cecile Lefort
   SYDNEY, Sept 25 (Reuters) – Proposed regulations would make Australian banks big buyers of government debt, adding fuel to what is already the biggest rally in 10-year bonds in developed countries in recent months. (more…)

    SHANGHAI, Aug 28 (Reuters) – The Chinese finance ministry will consider taxing interest income on traded government bonds, serveral sources close to the matter told Reuters.
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