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  • The European Investment Bank won a huge reception from investors for its debut €STR-linked floating rate note (FRN) this week, ignoring concerns about a lack of demand amid negative rates in the euro market. While there is a lack of clarity about calculating €STR bonds’ fair value and on Euribor’s future, public sector borrowers are expected to embrace the risk-free euro rate.
  • The loan market has finally amended an existing facility to reference Sonia as its pricing benchmark, though the Bank of England has warned that the loan market still needs to do “much more work” to move away from Libor.
  • For Canadian pension fund CDPQ, direct investments in private equity have become a crucial part of portfolio management. As the political debate around PE firms heats up globally, the Quebec pensioners are enjoying the fruits of CDPQ’s foray into the risky, demanding asset class that is off-limits for many smaller pension funds.
  • The loan market still needs “much more work” in shifting away from Libor, as do its derivatives, the Bank of England warned on Monday.
  • The Loan Market Association (LMA) is lobbying the European Banking Authority (EBA) for an extension to the proposed June 2020 deadline for the regulator’s implementation of its guidelines on loan origination and monitoring, with the industry body claiming financial institutions need longer to implement the new procedures.
  • An increase in the consumption tax rate will hit Japan’s economy, analysts warn. Alongside a strong yen and global growth fears, this is likely to push the Bank of Japan into further easing measures. With banks creaking under the strain of low rates, Japan’s central bank, under governor Haruhiko Kuroda, will have to concoct a delicate mix of stimuli. Reported by Jasper Cox, ahead of the Bank of Japan’s September meeting