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economic -More- ]]>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D5A1CE99B-FE63-495F-8EDF-5C3615478631%26copyid%3D8BC95BAF-74C4-422A-83E9-052082093E77%26brief%3Dsifmaglobal%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss&i=5A1CE99B-FE63-495F-8EDF-5C361547863120 Nov 2009 00:00:00 CSTIndustry NewsTrader plans electronic OTC platform for convertible bondshttp://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D5A1CE99B-FE63-495F-8EDF-5C3615478631%26copyid%3D0E7B5D18-187B-483F-93D0-6EB01596B90D%26brief%3Dsifmaglobal%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss&i=5A1CE99B-FE63-495F-8EDF-5C3615478631Constantinos Antoniades, formerly a bond trader at Goldman Sachs, is poised to launch Vega-Chi, the first electronic over-the -More- ]]>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D5A1CE99B-FE63-495F-8EDF-5C3615478631%26copyid%3D0E7B5D18-187B-483F-93D0-6EB01596B90D%26brief%3Dsifmaglobal%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss&i=5A1CE99B-FE63-495F-8EDF-5C361547863120 Nov 2009 00:00:00 CSTIndustry NewsFrance considers issuing bonds to promote growth industrieshttp://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D5A1CE99B-FE63-495F-8EDF-5C3615478631%26copyid%3DE30B8950-4138-4A15-A1FB-0DC4B63A1A07%26brief%3Dsifmaglobal%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss&i=5A1CE99B-FE63-495F-8EDF-5C3615478631French President Nicolas Sarkozy commissioned two former prime ministers, Michel Rocard and Alain Juppe, to study areas for s -More- ]]>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D5A1CE99B-FE63-495F-8EDF-5C3615478631%26copyid%3DE30B8950-4138-4A15-A1FB-0DC4B63A1A07%26brief%3Dsifmaglobal%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss&i=5A1CE99B-FE63-495F-8EDF-5C361547863120 Nov 2009 00:00:00 CSTIndustry NewsSpain's banking industry to face challenges in 2010http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D5A1CE99B-FE63-495F-8EDF-5C3615478631%26copyid%3D4BC74EF1-4B45-49C1-9D89-4E8BBFAFB624%26brief%3Dsifmaglobal%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss&i=5A1CE99B-FE63-495F-8EDF-5C3615478631Although Spain's listed banks made billions of euros in third-quarter profits, economists expect the country to suffer from r -More- ]]>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D5A1CE99B-FE63-495F-8EDF-5C3615478631%26copyid%3D4BC74EF1-4B45-49C1-9D89-4E8BBFAFB624%26brief%3Dsifmaglobal%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss&i=5A1CE99B-FE63-495F-8EDF-5C361547863120 Nov 2009 00:00:00 CSTIndustry NewsChinese central bank to draft new agreement for repo transactionshttp://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D5A1CE99B-FE63-495F-8EDF-5C3615478631%26copyid%3D01E1DEEE-28DD-41AF-920F-3039E50F63BA%26brief%3Dsifmaglobal%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss&i=5A1CE99B-FE63-495F-8EDF-5C3615478631The People's Bank of China is working on a master agreement regarding repurchase transactions.  -More- ]]>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D5A1CE99B-FE63-495F-8EDF-5C3615478631%26copyid%3D01E1DEEE-28DD-41AF-920F-3039E50F63BA%26brief%3Dsifmaglobal%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss&i=5A1CE99B-FE63-495F-8EDF-5C361547863120 Nov 2009 00:00:00 CSTIndustry NewsChinese banks underwrite larger percentage of syndicated loanshttp://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D5A1CE99B-FE63-495F-8EDF-5C3615478631%26copyid%3DFD8C4120-9F7D-4E68-9C7E-67F599A9D5A8%26brief%3Dsifmaglobal%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss&i=5A1CE99B-FE63-495F-8EDF-5C3615478631 -More- ]]>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D5A1CE99B-FE63-495F-8EDF-5C3615478631%26copyid%3DFD8C4120-9F7D-4E68-9C7E-67F599A9D5A8%26brief%3Dsifmaglobal%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss&i=5A1CE99B-FE63-495F-8EDF-5C361547863120 Nov 2009 00:00:00 CSTIndustry NewsEuropean officials debate timing of stimulus unwindinghttp://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D5A1CE99B-FE63-495F-8EDF-5C3615478631%26copyid%3D06458902-269B-4915-8356-7DF33DC499BD%26brief%3Dsifmaglobal%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss&i=5A1CE99B-FE63-495F-8EDF-5C3615478631Jean-Claude Trichet, president of the European Central Bank, said unconventional policies aimed at curtailing the financial c -More- ]]>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D5A1CE99B-FE63-495F-8EDF-5C3615478631%26copyid%3D06458902-269B-4915-8356-7DF33DC499BD%26brief%3Dsifmaglobal%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss&i=5A1CE99B-FE63-495F-8EDF-5C361547863120 Nov 2009 00:00:00 CSTRegulatory RoundupEU charges S&P with breaching competition ruleshttp://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D5A1CE99B-FE63-495F-8EDF-5C3615478631%26copyid%3D9CAAEF06-F573-48C0-896A-1DCE9CC1B450%26brief%3Dsifmaglobal%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss&i=5A1CE99B-FE63-495F-8EDF-5C3615478631The European Commission said licence fees that Standard & Poor's levies on fund managers is a violation of competition rules. -More- ]]>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D5A1CE99B-FE63-495F-8EDF-5C3615478631%26copyid%3D9CAAEF06-F573-48C0-896A-1DCE9CC1B450%26brief%3Dsifmaglobal%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss&i=5A1CE99B-FE63-495F-8EDF-5C361547863120 Nov 2009 00:00:00 CSTRegulatory RoundupDeflation threats prompt BoJ to hold rates near zerohttp://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D5A1CE99B-FE63-495F-8EDF-5C3615478631%26copyid%3D4CF4A06F-4C3F-4E9D-A87D-D19C128F44FB%26brief%3Dsifmaglobal%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss&i=5A1CE99B-FE63-495F-8EDF-5C3615478631Hours after Japanese Deputy Prime Minister Naoto Kan cautioned about increasing threats of deflation, the Bank of Japan boost -More- ]]>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D5A1CE99B-FE63-495F-8EDF-5C3615478631%26copyid%3D4CF4A06F-4C3F-4E9D-A87D-D19C128F44FB%26brief%3Dsifmaglobal%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss&i=5A1CE99B-FE63-495F-8EDF-5C361547863120 Nov 2009 00:00:00 CSTRegulatory RoundupRussia weighs taxing cross-border currency transactionshttp://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D5A1CE99B-FE63-495F-8EDF-5C3615478631%26copyid%3DB8534276-75C8-43F8-A426-DCC36363ED0A%26brief%3Dsifmaglobal%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss&i=5A1CE99B-FE63-495F-8EDF-5C3615478631 -More- ]]>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D5A1CE99B-FE63-495F-8EDF-5C3615478631%26copyid%3DB8534276-75C8-43F8-A426-DCC36363ED0A%26brief%3Dsifmaglobal%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss&i=5A1CE99B-FE63-495F-8EDF-5C361547863120 Nov 2009 00:00:00 CSTRegulatory RoundupAFME: A new trade body for Europehttp://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D5A1CE99B-FE63-495F-8EDF-5C3615478631%26copyid%3D5277F323-0643-40BD-8786-48FE62632397%26brief%3Dsifmaglobal%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss&i=5A1CE99B-FE63-495F-8EDF-5C3615478631As regulation of financial markets takes on an increasingly global dimension, the London Investment Banking Association 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