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The renminbi held its spot as the world’s fifth most active payments currency in August, according to Swift’s RMB tracker. The news came just a day after Swift said it will start displaying China’s Cross-Border Interbank Payment System’s (Cips) data on its system. -
There’s a spring back in the steps of markets businesses, despite a slump in trading conditions from last year, and record low volatility levels. But making money in the new world order isn’t about a return to the leverage-juiced fixed income flows of the pre-crisis world. GlobalCapital spoke to Olivier Osty, BNP Paribas’ executive head of global markets about what it takes today.
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As the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) opens up investment opportunities in emerging markets, it also exposes participants to high credit risks. But instead of seeking insurance coverage, some bankers are turning to securitization for an answer — a move that can lower risk and accelerate return on capital.
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Acting Comptroller of the Currency Keith Noreika warned in a Monday speech of the rising delinquency rates for unsecured consumer loans originated by marketplace lenders, and called on Congress to take a stance on the Madden versus Midland case.
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KfW has joined the select group of capital markets institutions to have issued a security using blockchain technology. Though only a proof of concept, the transaction highlighted the fact that, without some kind of distributed ledger cash system, blockchain-based issuance has little to offer. If the technology is to realize its promise, central banks must weigh in and provide a solution.
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Equity derivatives experts do not expect equity volatility to pick up from its current low level any time soon. Some of the potential political hurdles have been overcome and some see little to trouble them until the Italian elections in the second quarter of next year.
