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​Asset managers found to pay higher clearing prices due to Basel leverage ratio

By Neil Roland ( February 4, 2016, 22:29 GMT | Insight) -- ​Asset managers are paying higher prices to derivatives clearing firms and losing access to clearing services as a result of leverage ratio standards that make banks hold extra capital against all assets on their books, a survey has found. The asset management group of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, which did the survey, asked the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision to change how its leverage ratio is calculated.Asset managers are paying higher prices to derivatives clearing firms and losing access to clearing services as a result of leverage ratio standards that make banks hold extra capital against all assets on their books, an industry survey has found....

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