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  • Bank of America has poached Subhrajit Roy from a local firm in India to take over its global capital markets business for the country.
  • Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group has formed an alliance with Jefferies and is providing the US investment bank with capital to pursue its ambitions in leveraged finance.
  • Only four member states have transposed the EU’s Covered Bond Directive into national law on time. As seven are nearly there, the other 16 members will have to work hard to meet the July 2022 deadline for implementation, after which the European Commission could activate infringement procedures.
  • The Financial Conduct Authority has helped to put the UK at the forefront of financial innovation with its pioneering regulatory sandbox programme. While it has inspired similar schemes in various jurisdictions, its next big challenge is to implement this concept across borders.
  • Georgia has become the latest country to signal its intention to develop a covered bond law, though given the small size of its mortgage market, issuance prospects are likely to prove limited.
  • UniCredit’s CEO Andrea Orcel has revealed further refinements to the bank’s organisational structure that are aimed at increasing the independence of its new regional divisions.
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