LCR implementation delay may help ABS

Implementation of the liquidity coverage ratio (LCR) in Europe is set to be delayed by 10 months according to a leak last week of a draft European Commission document. The treatment of ABS in the LCR, seen by the industry as unfavourable compared to covered bonds, was not changed in the leaked draft, but the delay could provide time to hammer out the details of more equitable regulatory treatment, said bankers on Monday.