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  • The European Commission is consulting until October on ways to deal with Europe’s non-performing loan problem, and has outlined plans for a new contractual instrument, called the ‘accelerated loan security’, to protect secured creditors from default — without enforcing security through the courts.
  • The renminbi’s usage as a global payment currency goes up, BlackRock says full bond index inclusion will drive capital inflows into Chinese fixed income, and foreign ownership of Chinese bonds and equities rise.
  • Singapore Exchange said on Friday that companies with dual-class share (DCS) structures that have a primary listing in developed markets can seek a secondary listing in the city-state.
  • China Gas Holdings is aiming to raise Rmb1.5bn ($222.9m) from its latest Panda bond, returning to the market less than a year after its last deal.
  • The future of cryptocurrency derivatives looked bright this week as digital currency exchange and clearing house LedgerX won its derivatives clearing organisation (DCO) licence, complementing the swap execution facility approval it received from US regulators three weeks ago. While the fledgling asset class still has a lot to prove, a united effort from US regulators could mean it will be difficult to slow its momentum.
  • The cryptocurrency market is renowned as one of the most volatile and unpredictable sectors of finance. It has blossomed throughout 2017, providing an unregulated means for start-ups to raise capital, until Tuesday evening when the US Securities and Exchange Commission published a report making it abundantly clear that the Wild West days of the crypto-asset market are numbered, if not yet over. Lewis McLellan reports.