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Highly anticipated report did not mention future role of AT1 capital
After spending more than 25 years at the UK bank in DCM roles, he leaves as group treasurer
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Participants in the sustainable bond market are considering allowing issuers to publish their sustainability frameworks after issuing bonds, instead of before. This would be a major change in market practice. -
Rating agency Scope beat many European agencies to the punch in adopting new covered bond rating methodology in 2015, which is today considered a standard approach. But the European Securities and Markets Authority (Esma) is fining the agency on the grounds that it failed to apply it consistently and with the regulator’s permission.
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The head of the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has sent a letter to banks confirming its guidance on how to provision for expected credit losses (ECLs) amid the coronavirus pandemic. The UK regulator also said that it would be asking for more information around loan loss provisions in an effort to identify "significant outliers" in the market.
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EU lenders will have to give more detail about their use of loan repayment holidays and public guarantee schemes during the coronavirus pandemic, according to new reporting guidelines published by the European Banking Authority (EBA) this week.
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Capital markets players love to talk about being socially responsible. The death of George Floyd shows talk has got society nowhere. It is time for action.
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The US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is urging local officials to ease their Covid-19 lockdown measures, warning that some banks are now suffering delinquency rates in the mid-double digits on their small business loan books.
