Proprietary trading
Volcker rule start date could be delayed
Final rule could provide blanket relief of up to 12 months, says source
Prop trading no longer an option for dealers, says Masters
Commodity businesses must have broad client base to absorb increased regulatory costs, says JP Morgan commodities head
Derivatives trader 2.0: Sun is setting on old-school risk-takers
Traders of the lost art
Risk 25 firms of the future: Citadel
OTC market-maker in waiting
CFTC's Chilton: accept Volcker rule or get out of the way
Chilton warns banks to either co-operate with regulators on the Volcker rule or get out of its way, as it is definitely happening
Volcker compliance-responsibility aspect splits legal opinion
Volcker rule requirements for chief executive compliance responsibility called into question
Head of prop trading leaves JP Morgan
Stewart leaves before prop trading division is abolished
Volcker rule will not be ready for July, Fed chair admits
Expert predictions of delayed start date proven correct
Banks are retreating from market-making, managers warn
Forex investment has became more challenging, as market-making banks facing new regulation have become less willing to take risk, say buy-side firms
CFTC's Sommers and O'Malia attack 'unworkable' Volcker rule
Republicans dismiss prop trading ban as overly complex, unworkable and unenforceable
July deadline in question for Volcker implementation
Industry experts divided over Volcker deadline of July 2012
Volcker rule delays likely as opposition grows
Rule may slip up to two years before full implementation, following criticism
Non-US banks stunned by Volcker compliance regime
Non-US banks stunned by Volcker compliance regime
US banks at a disadvantage in face of Volcker rule
Non-US banks will have an advantage over US counterparts when it comes to prop trading, according to one legal expert
Prop trading ban set to crimp market-making and hedging activities
Putting a stop to prop
Wave of new regulation brings inconsistencies and loopholes
Divergent paths
Finding Volcker rule metrics will be tough, dealers warn
Crop of the props
Foreign banks get temporary respite from China’s new ‘Volcker rule’
Foreign banks in China, particularly thinly capitalised branches that are not locally incorporated in the country, greeted a decision by China’s banking regulator to postpone rules aimed at limiting non-hedging business onshore with relief this month…
GDF Suez chooses bank status for new trading arm
European energy giant GDF Suez this week launched a new trading unit, choosing to obtain bank status that prepares it for potentially tougher European regulation of commodity trading
MF Global looks to take more risk
"We're not taking enough risk"
Fed outlines Volcker rule timeline
Banks will get up to five years' grace to divest fund investments
Energy players expect further market fragmentation
Energy market fragmentation is likely to continue as larger players scale back their activities under Dodd-Frank