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All of the 34 banks taking this year’s Federal Reserve stress tests passed for the first time in the test’s history. For the European-owned firms, that reflects concerted efforts to improve their qualitative processes, while for the major US firms, the result has set off a bonanza of capital returns. -
The drive to get companies to face up to the risk of climate change is gathering momentum. Firms with a combined market capitalisation of about $3.5tr have committed to support the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), which published its final report on Thursday.
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The RMB regained its position as the sixth most used currency for payments globally in May, beating the Swiss franc to the title by a very narrow margin, according to Swift's RMB tracker. The Chinese currency accounted for 1.61% of all payments last month.
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Sanctions on Russia could be tightened following a bill that passed the US Senate nearly unanimously in mid-June, but even though some commentators are sceptical that they will be implemented, VTB head of global banking Riccardo Orcel said that it won't stop the Russian state-controlled bank’s expansion into new markets.
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The EU Commission will unveil a legal proposal for a Pan-European Pension Product (PEPP) on Thursday. The draft document, obtained by GlobalCapital, creates a specific PEPP label applicable to good quality, transparent and consumer-protective products.
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Securitizations issued by the two Italian banks in liquidation, Veneto Banca and Banca Popolare di Vicenza, are in limbo, with no word from the banks themselves or Intesa Sanpaolo, which is acquiring most of their good assets, about the fates of the deals. The most recent issues from the two banks were kept for use as repo collateral with JP Morgan but both banks have plenty of outstanding placed bonds, too.
