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  • Diplomats from the 28 EU member states are looking for ways to scale back the ambition of a reform proposed last September by the European Commission, according to negotiation documents obtained by GlobalCapital.
  • Royston Quek, head of Greater China DCM at Barclays, has left the bank after just over three years on the job.
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    A leaked copy of draft EU legislation, seen by GlobalCapital, shows that the Regulatory Scrutiny Board, a committee that makes sure EU laws are well drafted and not too onerous, has made the Commission water down its plans to tighten regulation of green investment benchmarks. But strong rules are coming on investors’ duty to consider environmental, social and governance matters and the shape of the sustainable Taxonomy is emerging.
  • As banks and investors assess the impacts of IFRS 9, introduced this year, a second wave of effects from the new accounting rule could hit the market and spur asset sales from banks and pushing interest rates sharply higher for consumers.
  • The movement to create free investment benchmarks to support the Sustainable Development Goals is gathering pace, with the launch this week of a major survey of corporate human rights performance.
  • EU member states will try to reach agreement next Friday on a series of draft reforms unveiled in 2016, which aim to enshrine international standards such as the total loss-absorbing capacity (TLAC) requirements and the leverage ratio into EU law.