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European Commission plans permanent changes to FRTB

EU legislator will start work on new rules later this year to ensure level playing field with US

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The European Commission is set to make permanent revisions to incoming bank capital rules for trading risks, according to a spokesperson for the legislator. The decision comes after US regulators released a draft of the same framework that differs significantly from the global standards the EC had initially followed.

In April, the EC published a draft delegated act making temporary changes to its version of the Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB), which was finalised by the Basel

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