Diverse netting approaches create OTC headache

A lack of legal statutes over netting in several Asian countries means OTC trades could become prohibitively expensive in a post-Basel III world, potentially pushing international banks out of some markets in the region

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Diversity in Asian capital markets has prompted a slew of issues that are not present for their European or North American peers – the lack of a centre for derivatives trading such as the role London plays in the European Union’s market means there will be a number of clearing houses to emerge. Separate institutions in Seoul, Sydney or Singapore – to name just three examples – will lead to replication of business lines and a fragmentation of collateral.

But the problems don’t stop there and one

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