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  • The EU’s proposed recovery fund is expected to be presented to the summit of European leaders on July 17-18 with the size unchanged from the proposed €500bn of grants and €250bn of loans, although the EU budget is likely to be slimmed down, according to sources.
  • In a response to feedback from UK financial institutions, the Prudential Regulation Authority has said it will assess the appropriateness of any reduction in Pillar 2A (P2A) requirements so that the buffer provides a fair measure of the risks facing banks as the UK prepares to leave the EU.
  • Thompson & Knight has hired three litigation attorneys, Keith Brandofino, Maximiliano Rinaldi and David Mignardi, to bolster the commercial real estate and loan servicing business in the firm’s New York office. All three attorneys join from Kilpatrick Townsend.
  • Equity capital markets are gearing up for a busy autumn and UK companies have been at the forefront of activity in Europe since the coronavirus pandemic began. Bankers and investors have said they fear the disruption a second wave of Covid-19 and volatility surrounding November's US election could bring, but they should not forget either that the UK is edging towards a no-deal Brexit at the end of 2020.
  • Zam Khan is a managing director in Houlihan Lokey’s Financial Institutions Group, where he leads the portfolio and capital advisory practice. He told GlobalCapital how banks should use financial data to deal with new NPL formations, or risk being engulfed by losses over the next few months.
  • The European Central Bank has put the familiar topic of bank consolidation back into the spotlight, after its supervisory arm made clear last week that it did not want to stand in the way of well-designed deals.
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