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Big Banks Face CFTC Probe of NDAs in Swaps, Clearing Businesses

A top financial regulator is asking large Wall Street <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/BKX%20Index/GP","_id":"0000018f-0bae-d583-afbf-cbfed48e0000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">banks for non-disclosure agreements in their swaps and clearing businesses to see whether they muzzle would-be whistleblowers.

UK Banks Ordered to Start Stress Testing Private Equity Exposure

The <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/3710Z%20LN%20Equity","_id":"0000018f-0b99-d583-afbf-cbdd97370000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Bank of England found a number of UK banks were unable to measure their exposure to private equity giants and their portfolio companies and ordered them to begin stress testing those relationships.

UK Firms Told to ‘Urgently Review’ Green Claims Amid Crackdown

Firms operating in the UK are being advised to go through any products and services around which some sort of sustainability claim has been made, to ensure they’re not in the crosshairs of a regulatory crackdown that’s due to take effect at the end of next month.

Venezuela Hires Rothschild as Adviser on Defaulted Debt Pile

<-rte-company state="{"_id":"0000018f-0b2b-d583-afbf-cbffc8b80000","_type":"00000160-4b23-d8bd-adfd-4b3348fd0000"}">Venezuela’s government has hired <-rte-company state="{"_id":"0000018f-0b2b-d583-afbf-cbffc8b80001","_type":"00000160-4b23-d8bd-adfd-4b3348fd0000"}">Rothschild & Co. as a financial adviser to provide an overview of its foreign debt obligations, according to people familiar with the matter.

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