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Europe’s regulator proposes preserving capital requirements while trimming the complexity that hampers cross-border M&A
Banks face an uncertain future as finance goes digital
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Citi's Paul Young, head of EMEA debt capital markets and syndicate, has left his job to lay his hat at Mitsubishi UFJ Securities, his new home. Paul Morganti, the present international head of capital markets, will become vice chairman of capital markets when Young joins the firm in March. -
The UK chancellor of the exchequer, George Osborne's Autumn Statement, announced a major boost for alternative finance through peer-to-peer (P2P) markets. Retail investors could soon use the tax exempt individual savings allowance wrapper to put money into P2P, unlocking a pool of capital worth more than £400bn for the sector.
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The two major Canadian investment banks, Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) and TD, reported fourth quarter and full year results this week, and demonstrated starkly differing performances in their wholesale divisions.
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The European Banking Authority said in a consultation paper that it expects that the Minimum Requirement for Own Funds and Eligible Liabilities (MREL), to be applied to EU banks, to be “compatible” with the Financial Stability Board’s proposal for Total Loss Absorbing Capacity (TLAC).
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The European Union’s insurance companies are particularly vulnerable to a prolonged low interest rate environment like the one seen in Japan in recent years, according to the results of a stress test of EU insurers by the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority.
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Dutch banks have been given the official green light to issue additional tier one bonds, after the country’s First Chamber of Parliament voted to pass a proposal allowing additional tier one coupon payments to be tax deductible.
