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Major private equity firms, including Blackstone, CarVal, Cerberus and TPG, are selling control rights to the giant UK mortgage portfolios they bought three or four years ago, rather than waiting to call and refinance the deals. Is the rush to the exits a sign of Brexit trouble to come, or a way to make space for a bigger prize in the shape of the final mortgage sales from UK government crisis-era rescues? Owen Sanderson investigates. -
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) will temporarily suspend the publication of MiFID II transparency calculations in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
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European lawmakers have agreed on European Commission proposals to reform the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR), aiming to reduce costs for derivatives market participants and exempting small counterparties from clearing obligations.
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NordLB said at the weekend that it had welcomed an offer of an equity injection from the German association of savings banks (DSGV) and the State of Lower Saxony, as it looks to restore its capital position to above its minimum requirements.
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In this round-up, Bloomberg Barclays confirmed the upcoming inclusion of Chinese bonds in its indices, the People’s Bank of China will auction CNH bills in mid-February, and industrial profits in China confirmed poor ending for the economy in 2018.
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Sixteen companies, all leading green bond issuers, have formed a Corporate Forum on Sustainable Finance. Electricité de France was the prime mover. Xavier Girre, chief financial officer of EDF, tells GlobalCapital why the group is needed, why he supports a green supporting factor and how EDF’s sustainable finance strategy is developing.
