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Record second quarter issuance has helped G3 DCM volumes break the $100bn barrier already this year helping banks generate their highest quarterly fees in three years. But equity volumes dipped slightly despite technology issuance almost tripling, writes Selma Piper. -
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is setting up a facility to provide overnight renminbi liquidity to financial institutions in Singapore, to be launched on 1 July. Meanwhile, the Nanjing branch of the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) has released a set of interim procedures to allow eligible corporates and individuals in the Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP) to conduct cross-border RMB transactions with Singapore.
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The UK government announced a broad review of wholesale financial markets on Thursday, looking at fixed income, currency and commodities and associated derivatives and benchmarks. The review will consider trading practices, market structures, and measures which firms could take to ensure appropriate behaviour.
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The European Banking Authority (EBA) believes covered bonds should keep their preferential risk weighting in principle, but that the market needs reform. It wants covered bond frameworks to converge to a common standard in certain important areas, and it may need this within a two-year time frame.
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Sub-investment grade bond issuers are increasingly raising money through debt secured on their assets, as they seek to offer greater security to investors desperate for yield but unwilling to blindly commit to risk.
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The International Capital Markets Association (ICMA) is trying to build a pan-European private placement market, and plans to issue a guide for the market early next year. Meanwhile, the Loan Market Association (LMA), which is involved in ICMA's project, is also steaming ahead with its own project to standardise private placement contracts, aiming to have a loan contract ready by the autumn.
