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The European Council and Parliament overcame deep disagreements to reach a provisional agreement on a new version of the bank recovery and resolution directive (BRRD 2) this week, which includes cap on MREL requirements that will help Europe’s lowest-risk banks. The breakthrough has lifted hopes that EU lawmakers will approve a broader overhaul of European financial regulation before the European Parliamentary elections in May. -
The next few months in the run-up to Brexit will bring upheaval for debt capital markets and syndicate teams at London’s investment banks, as they work out which roles will have to be done from the European Union and which staff to move. But the pressure will not cease on March 29, as national regulators have considerable scope to compel banks to relocate jobs. Jon Hay reports.
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At the latest monetary policy meeting of the European Central Bank, governing council members mentioned the looming end of the targeted longer-term refinancing operations (TLTRO II). But experts reckon that the life of this cheap liquidity programme could be extended, and that it may even be used to help stem a financial crisis in Italy.
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Equita, an Italian independent investment bank, has made two hires as it seeks to beef up its fixed income offering.
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The European Parliamentary Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) voted on its version of the covered bond directive on Tuesday, with the European Council yet to agree its text. But a leaked draft of the Council’s 'overall compromise text', seen by GlobalCapital, suggests the two sides are getting closer together.
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Some investment banks are beginning to move debt capital markets and bond syndicate bankers from London to the EU 27 because of Brexit, or are preparing to do so. Every bank is tackling the issue in its own way, but the common view that in the bond market only trading and sales people would have to move is now looking less tenable.
