Volcker rule: overruled, Ringfence fails to halt Fre...

To view this email as a webpage, click here     Wednesday December 11 2013     FT Trading Room   Volcker rule: overruled   Relentless specification of rules and exceptions obscures a hard fact – that the role of regulatory judgment cannot be eliminated       Ringfence fails to halt French trades   The French rule, as it stands, is seen by some as a soft-touch compromise, which does little to change the status quo     Volcker votes usher in new world order   Long-awaited Volcker rule restricts lucrative activities such as hedging, but leaves regulatory agencies leeway in how they implement it     Incentive payments boost new London venue   NLX has struggled to attract much volume to its flagship products since it was launched six months ago but has seen a leap in trading since mid-November     Wall Street faces stricter Volcker rule   Banks taking positions with their own money will have to prove they are acting to offset 'specific, identifiable' risks under a new US crackdown     Comment: Bond markets enter 21st century   Algorithms operating across a range of dealer books do more than provide asset managers with the ability to improve returns for their investors     Critic won over by stronger Volcker rule   Commodity Futures Trading Commissioner says he plans to vote for a strengthened version of the Volcker rule limits on proprietary trading     'Robin Hood tax' is alive, warn Lords   European financial transactions tax backed by France and Germany remains serious threat to the City and has not been buried, says new report               Manage email    Forward this email   Feedback    Manage portfolio Subscribe to the FT Follow the FT   Unsubscribe | My Account | RSS | Privacy Policy | About Us | Help   © THE FINANCIAL TIMES LTD 2013 You have received this email because you have signed up from the NBE preference page. This email was sent by a company owned by Pearson plc, registered office at 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL. Registered in England and Wales with company number 53723.