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Europe has struggled to build a consensus among member states about when it should move towards completing the Banking Union. But the problem is becoming more and more urgent for lawmakers, which have been tasked with promoting the long-term growth and stability of the European financial sector. Tyler Davies reports. -
It has been another big year for the Single Resolution Board. For the first time, the public authority is giving out binding MREL requirements to the most important banks in Europe. Having a sufficient quantity and quality of MREL is seen as a key tool in making banks resolvable, so that they can face financial trouble without putting undue stress on the broader financial system and the taxpayer. But the SRB still has a way to go yet. It is updating its MREL policy for 2018 and wrestling with tough questions about what is the best possible design for a liability structure that can facilitate the proper use of the bail-in tool. GlobalCapital interviewed Dominique Laboureix, a member of the board and director of resolution planning and decisions at the SRB, about what he describes as “the journey to MREL”.
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Impact investing — a specialist field, outside mainstream financial markets, in which investors seek environmental and social outcomes — is burgeoning, leading promoters to raise their targets for the market’s growth. But at the same time, more conventional investors are also laying claim to the term “impact”.
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In response to the European Commission’s draft covered bond directive, the European Central Bank has set out a number of recommendations that should boost the appeal of covered bonds for investors, though not necessarily with issuers.
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The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were not specifically designed for finance, something that perhaps helps to explain their popularity among responsible investors, institutions and borrowers. But this does not mean that factoring them into investing decisions is easy, reports Jasper Cox.
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The Investment Association, the trade body for 250 UK asset managers, is making a concerted effort to become more involved in responsible investment, seeking to influence government policy and help its members navigate this complex area.
