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DirectBooks, which plans to bring a new issuance platform for bond markets, has not ruled out the possibility of a partnership with other providers. -
The UK’s new insolvency law came into force on Friday, and lawyers have been spending the weekend picking through its 250 pages to understand the implications. While some have welcomed it, others pointed out that in its haste to push it through Parliament, the government has introduced several changes that skew the balance between various kinds of lenders which hitherto had been treated equally.
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In this round-up, China proposes harsher punishments for financial crimes under the criminal law, the securities regulator is reportedly mulling over giving securities licences to commercial lenders, and monthly industrial profits grow for the first time this year.
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In this round-up, the Ministry of Finance plans to double the size of its already issued special treasury bonds, the government removes some restrictions for foreign investment in the 2020 negative lists, and the former richest man in China and founder of Gome is released from jail after 10 years.
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The European Investment Bank is going through intense discussions — both internally and externally — about its plan to become the EU’s Climate Bank. NGOs are accusing it of “backtracking” and demanding it sets sustainability criteria for the companies and banks it works with, but the EIB insists it is listening to concerns and will reveal more of its plans later this year.
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The derivatives industry has lost another of its major conferences after the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) was forced to cancel its annual general meeting amid the spread of the coronavirus and related travel restrictions.
