"It may not be insider trading but it is insider use of sensitive information, which gives an undue advantage, " Arjuna Mahendran of HSBC Private Bank told the BBC.
Some lenders have taken advantage of changes in accounting rules to reclassify trading assets as banking assets, which means that banks will take losses on those assets more gradually.
一些银行利用会计规则的变化使交易资产重新分类成银行资产，这意味着银行将逐渐损失交易资产。
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It took advantage of Nymex's delay in moving to screen-based trading to grab almost a third of its crude-oil futures business.