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  • The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has released its opinion on the European Commission’s proposals for EU regulations on central counterparty (CCP) recovery and resolution. ESMA, while applauding the proposals in general, disagreed with the Commission's suggestion that its supervisory and monitoring role can be carried out using existing resources.
  • The UK government is selling almost £16bn of state assets into the securitization market this month, but is trying to make sure unwarranted profits from the deals flow back to the Treasury, following criticisms of the last round of privatisations. David Bell, Owen Sanderson and Sam Kerr report.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.