New Developments 2012

February 6, 2012

Standard & Poor’s Downgrades Belize’s Long-Term Foreign Currency Sovereign Credit Rating from B- to CCC+. 

Foreign Exchange Committee Releases 15th Annual Survey of North American FX Volumes. 

February 3, 2012

Flat Trading Summary. 

February 1, 2012

U.K.'s Osborne Lodges 'Volcker Rule' Complaint (may require Wall Street Journal subscription).

New Policy Library and Position Limits Feature on Center For Financial Stability Website.

EU Council Broadens Sanctions Against Iran - Cleary Gottlieb Memo.

January 31, 2012

Bank of Canada’s Carney Says Volcker Rule Might Damage Markets (may require Bloomberg subscription).

Volcker Rule Stirs Up Opposition Overseas (may require NY Times subscription).

January 27, 2012

EU Red-Flags 'Volcker' (may require Wall Street Journal subscription).

Venezuela Withdraws from ICSID (Sullivan & Cromwell Memo).

Fitch Downgrades the Long-Term Issuer Default Ratings of  Belgium, Cyprus, Ireland, Italy, Slovenia and Spain.

January 26, 2012

In Memoriam, Ruth Mazzoni, 1965-2012.

Venezuela Withdraws ICSID Membership. English / Spanish

The Sovereign Crisis: When Debt is No Longer Risk Free (Lawrence Goodman, Center for Financial Stability).

January 23, 2012

Ivory Coast Investor Meeting Presentation.

January 20, 2012

EMTA Special Seminar on the Offshore Renminbi (CNH) Market to be held in London on February 16, 2012. Click Here to Register.

January 19, 2012

The Volcker Rule - Restrictions on Proprietary Trading - Implications for the US Corporate Bond Market (Oliver Wyman Report).

January 18, 2012

Moody's Upgrades Indonesia's Foreign-Currency Sovereign Credit Rating from Ba1 to Baa3.