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2012-07-26 — bloomberg.com
Banks will be forced to put more capital behind derivatives trades in a push by global regulators to bolster market stability and reinforce clearinghouses.
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision said an amount equal to 2 percent of a bank's trades through clearinghouses should be added to the risk-weighted assets used to determine the lender's total capital requirements.
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