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The final text of European liquidity rules allows unrated covered bonds into the asset buffers banks must hold, in a move that demonstrates the European Commission's willingness to rely less on the credit rating agencies. Unrated covered bonds sit alongside various categories of securitization in the European version of the rules, which allow far more assets to be considered liquid than originally envisaged by the Basel Committee.
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The European Banking Authority has published a report on role-based allowances which looks to close a loophole in the European Union’s bonus cap. But the document has no formal legal standing, and its instruction to national supervisors to “to ensure institutions review their remuneration policies so as to comply with the criteria highlighted in the EBA report” by the end of the year goes beyond the EBA’s power.
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Citi has expanded its Asia coverage desks to keep up with the growing number of multinational corporations from the region. -
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has released a consultation paper on real estate investment trusts (Reits), with proposals that it says will improve governance while offering more flexibility.
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Institutional investors have been buying VIX call options with October expiries to express a bullish and long volatility view, following a slew of VIX calls that were sold when the market was down Tuesday.
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The global macro picture remains a concern, but credit investors will turn their attentions to micro factors over the next few weeks as earnings season gains momentum.
