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The report outlines a package of more than 30 policy initiatives, designed to mitigate the impact of any future investment banking failure. The Government is seeking stakeholder feedback on its proposals. A further document with final proposals, and draft secondary legislation as necessary, will be published in 2010.
The Government accepts the need for cross-border cooperation to address the failure of a systemically important firm. It will consider the measures required to achieve this; for example, by seeking the mutual recognition of international regimes that have similar safeguards as the
The proposals look at introducing processes that will allow for the managed wind-down of a future failed investment firm, including resolution plans and a new insolvency regime for investment banks, with special administration objectives.
Some of the following proposals are presented in the report:
Requiring firms to manage for failure:
· Business resolution officers: officers at Board level, with delegated responsibility to coordinate and implement firm-level resolution actions.
· Investment firm resolution plans: resolution plans including internal actions by the firm followed by market-facing resolution actions immediately prior to insolvency
· Business
· Continuity of key services: key staff and supplier contracts to provide continuity of services following insolvency.
Reconciling counterparty positions:
· Explicit requirement that CCPs offer facilities for their members to segregate client business.
· Consider requirement that investment firms offer facilities to segregate client business: to ensure a choice of accounts for clients.
· Monitor the development of EUI proposal to prevent uncertainty of settlement in future: by freezing pending instructions relating to an insolvent entity.
Managing complex creditor positions:
· Support proposals to enable a greater degree of certainty with respect to derivatives transaction terminations
· Set up a resource centre; providing best practice guidance to insolvency practitioners on the administration of large, complex investment firms.