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Kristalina Georgieva, who is the new managing director of the International Monetary Fund from Tuesday, plans to expand the use of precautionary instruments, such as credit lines, to more countries. -
Populist governments will be tempted to use the opportunity presented by record low yields to borrow money at close to zero interest rates to reverse austerity and fund major spending schemes, according to the authors of a study into long-term asset returns. Meanwhile, an economist elsewhere suggested lax monetary policy has meant sovereign credit default swap (CDS) prices are underrepresenting risks.
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In the latest dimension of global central banks’ interest in sustainability, the Bank for International Settlements has established a dollar green bond fund for central banks' foreign currency reserves. The aim is to let them incorporate environmental criteria into reserve management without overly damaging the liquidity and value of their reserves.
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The European Banking Authority has published its long-awaited discussion paper on the possibility of ‘Simple, Transparent and Standardised’ synthetic securitizations — opening the way to better regulatory treatment for risk transfer deals. That would endorse a market that frequently faces public criticism.
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National governments of the European Union have reached agreement on the law that will implement the Taxonomy of Sustainable Economic Activities, even though Germany, Austria, Luxembourg and Greece are unhappy that nuclear power has not been specifically excluded. There could be fights over that issue when the Parliament and Commission negotiate with the Council in a 'trilogue'.
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UK and European pension funds hunting for positive yields are increasingly looking to swap short to medium dated government bonds for riskier credits in high yield and structured finance.
