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.
Flat Trading Summary.
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.
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).
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.
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).
Ivory Coast Investor Meeting Presentation.
EMTA Special Seminar on the Offshore Renminbi (CNH) Market to be held in London on February 16, 2012. Click Here to Register.
The Volcker Rule - Restrictions on Proprietary Trading - Implications for the US Corporate Bond Market (Oliver Wyman Report).
Moody's Upgrades Indonesia's Foreign-Currency Sovereign Credit Rating from Ba1 to Baa3.