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Sweden published a study on Tuesday of the advantages and disadvantages of joining the EU’s Banking Union, highlighting the risk of becoming politically marginalised if it remains outside of the arrangements. -
The European Banking Federation has proposed a raft of policies to promote sustainable finance, such as a public sector financing guarantee scheme, looser bank capital requirements, a tweaked securitization framework and different collateral rules. Perhaps not surprisingly, the measures would lighten the regulatory burden on Europe’s banks, and they were criticised by politicians.
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Crédit Agricole bagged a total loss-absorbing capacity eligible senior preferred Panda bond in China last week — the first of its kind onshore. But the confusion it created shines a light on a market that is still in dire need of education around these new structures. With Chinese banks set to come under pressure soon to issue their own TLAC-eligible bonds onshore, rapid change is needed before time runs out.
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Matteo Ferrario is joining MUFG from Barclays, where he led the asset finance origination unit. He will be reunited with John Winter, who joined the Japanese bank earlier this year and will be his boss.
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The compromises made last week to reach political agreement on the European Union’s Taxonomy of Sustainable Economic Activities were beginning to become clearer, before the surprise rejection of the deal by France and some east European countries on Wednesday threw the issue up in the air again.
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Christian Berendes will head up Deutsche Bank’s government and regulatory affairs department from next year, after being promoted internally.
