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India’s qualified institutional placement (QIP), a popular equity fundraising tool, is about to get a shot in the arm after the regulator said it may be used by companies to meet their free float requirements. Listed firms could tap the market in droves over the next few years as they look to comply with the rules, writes John Loh. -
Foreign asset managers in China have started the New Year in style. Fidelity International launched two funds on January 2, covering onshore equity and fixed income, after receiving its private fund management (PFM) licence last May. The move came less than a week after BlackRock got the regulatory green light for its own PFM licence.
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It is six months since Andrew Bailey, head of the UK financial regulator, set the clock ticking on a transition from the London interbank offered rate to an alternative. But if credible replacements are to be ready by his 2021 deadline, there is still a mountain of work to do. Ross Lancaster explores the risks of phasing out the old benchmark and asks if it could yet survive.
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Banks and other financial firms operate in complex lattices of regulation. But for any firm based in the UK and operating internationally, Brexit means they have no idea what regulations will apply, come March 2019. They cannot afford to do nothing, yet do not know what to plan for. As Nigel Owen reports, the response has been to plan for every scenario, including relocation from London.
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2017 saw some serious capital raising by European banks. Four European globally systemic banks, in four monster rights issues, raised more than €30bn — partly to deal with non-performing loans and partly to reclaim their places in global investment banking and capital markets. Even banks that did not turn to the equity markets sought to conserve capital — but is 2018 the year when belts will start to be loosened again? Owen Sanderson reports.
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The London Stock Exchange this week reaffirmed its commitment to open access under the second Markets in Financial Instruments Directive, as major European exchanges and clearing houses (CCPs) were granted exemptions from the requirement until July 3 2020.
