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Europe's regulator seeks to reduce complexity while 'preserving banks' resilience and resolvability'
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  • The European Mortgage Federation-European Covered Bond Council (EMF-ECBC) has set out a definition of an energy-efficient mortgage which should enable ‘a quick roll-out’, according to the European Commission.
  • The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority has been looking into bondholder concerns after HSBC decided to reclassify four legacy bank capital instruments earlier this year, leading to a plummet in their value.
  • Santander Brasil has tested the country’s Letra Imobiliária Garantida (LIGs) covered bond regime with two privately placed deals.
  • The European Commission is pushing forward with plans to boost liquidity in the NPL market, promoting a privately owned electronic marketplace to improve transparency and encourage trading. It is inviting ‘industry stakeholders’ to a roundtable, with a plan supposed to be on the table by spring next year.
  • Bond bankers have been gripped by moves by Ben Smyth, a UBS FIG DCM banker, to take the bank to a tribunal, alleging that the global head of debt capital markets, Amir Hoveyda, had been involved in an “inappropriate transaction” and that Smyth had been bullied and passed over for promotion.
  • Chinese and French banks may take advantage of a new Luxembourg green covered bond law, where the cover assets are linked to renewable energy, according to an official at the Luxembourg Stock Exchange (LuxSE).