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The US Federal Reserve could start reducing its mortgage backed securities holdings in 2017, something that the market may welcome given the drop in supply seen so far this year. -
Equity arrangers in Asia are upbeat after volumes in the first quarter easily trumped last year’s deal flow. With conditions ripe for a strong rebound in 2017, the view across the street is that investor sentiment has turned a corner, as institutional interest trickles back into ECM after a long absence. John Loh reports.
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The EU’s finance ministers will hold a debate on Friday about non-performing loans (NPLs), during an informal Economic and Financial Affairs Council (Ecofin) meeting in Malta. The debate aims to start work on a European strategy for bringing down NPLs, though some argue this should be tackled at national level.
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New data from the IMF shows RMB-denominated reserves remain a drop in the ocean for global central banks.. But while experts expect the share to rise, it might not happen in the short run.
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The Basel Committee said on Wednesday that it had not figured out how the regulatory capital regime could deal with the IFRS 9 accounting rules set to come in next year and backed a transitional period, as few banks are ready for the ‘capital shock’ that could result.
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The European Commission delivered the final blow to a proposed merger between Europe's biggest stock exchange operators, Deutsche Börse and the London Stock Exchange, on Wednesday, but some market observers wondered whether the parties themselves had gone cold on the deal.
