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Highly anticipated report did not mention future role of AT1 capital
Surprising alignment on stablecoins and strong support for tokenised assets, but details are sparse
US broker has opened office in Milan, Stockholm will be next
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In this round up, China plans to expand its digital economy, local governments issue over Rmb6tr ($906bn) of bonds by October, and the National Association of Financial Market Institutional Investors announces a trial programme for cash tender offers for corporate bonds in the interbank market. -
A group of the UK’s members of parliament has welcomed a model bill on responsible investing, which would encourage pension funds to accept responsibility for the impact their portfolios have on the environment and society.
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UniCredit’s CEO Jean Pierre Mustier delivered an upbeat assessment of the bank’s third quarter results on Thursday, confirming its profit and provisioning guidance for the year, though debt capital markets revenue sagged.
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The European Central Bank is offering renewed support to the idea of the EU creating a ‘bad bank’ or an asset management company to manage a flood of non-performing loans engulfing European banks, fuelling expectations that this will be part of the European Commission’s forthcoming NPL strategy. Jon Hay and Owen Sanderson report.
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Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena confirmed on Thursday that it was looking at options to strengthen its capital position, with the full support of the Italian government. Trading had already been heating up in its tier twos, as investors have been forced to consider whether a capital raise will require burden sharing under EU state aid rules.
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The Reserve Bank of Australia has announced plans to explore the potential uses and implications of a central bank digital currency using distributed ledger technology. The RBA follows the Banque de France, which last year worked with Société Générale to settle a crypto covered bond — a product that offers a number of ways to deploy blockchain technology.
