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Europe's regulator seeks to reduce complexity while 'preserving banks' resilience and resolvability'
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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. -
EU supervisors should not need Andrea Enria, chair of the European Banking Authority, to tell them that full transparency on Pillar 2 is beneficial for the capital markets. It should have been clear all along.
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The Bank of England has said that it will publish the results of its hotly anticipated stress test of major UK banks next week, rather than in December as originally planned. The performance of the country's lenders has been in focus amid uncertainty around Brexit.
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Société Générale has agreed to pay $1.34bn in fines and an enhanced monitoring programme for violating US sanctions against Cuba, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Myanmar and North Korea, according to notices issued by US agencies on Monday.
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Europe’s banks continued to lose global significance, according to the Financial Stability Board’s 2018 list of global systemically important banks (G-SIBs), although Groupe BPCE was re-added to the list. The French bank says this will not affect its funding plans.
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Ma Jun, a member of the People’s Bank of China’s monetary policy committee, has come out in favour of altering bank capital rules to give lower risk weights for green assets — which could be a sign the PBoC is close to adopting the policy. He calls on China to lead the way and argues there is evidence green assets are less risky.
