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European financial market regulators have operated for some time without an equivalent to the ‘no action letters’ available to the other regulatory authorities such as those in the US but the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has woken up to the need for this recourse as a looming March 1 rollout of variation margin rules on uncleared derivatives threatens lockdown for swathes of unprepared participants. -
BNP Paribas’s 2020 growth plan, unveiled on Tuesday, means building the bank’s market share in fixed income and capital markets, as rivals retrench or withdraw. Though the bank plans to run higher capital levels across the firm by 2020, the sale of First Hawaiian will free up firepower for the CIB unit.
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International banks want quick answers from the Kenyan government on the status of its loan from Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (PTA Bank), which has threatened their bigger syndication for the sovereign just as the mandate is being finalised.
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Clearstream, one of Europe’s largest settlement platforms, joined the European Central Bank’s Target 2 Securities (T2S) platform last week — a long-awaited move which could ease the collateral crunch facing banks, as well as pave the wave for a switch to new settlement technologies such as blockchain.
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Export Credit Bank of Turkey has followed Turkish peer Akbank into the loan market, launching the first of its semi-annual one year refinancings.
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The Reserve Bank of India is giving lenders a helping hand when it comes to paying coupons on their additional tier one debt, by allowing them to dip into their statutory reserves. Although the flexibility on coupon payments is beneficial, weaker banks will still struggle to come offshore for capital. Addison Gong reports.
