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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. -
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.
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China’s State Administration of Foreign Exchange (Safe) is planning to make the Renminbi Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor (RQFII) scheme more flexible by allowing institutions to allocate their quota to any of their own RQFII products, instead of having to apply for product-based approval on a case by case basis, two RQFII fund managers have told GlobalRMB.
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MSCI decided not to add China A shares to its Emerging Markets Index in its most recent review, citing unfavourable investor feedback related to the country’s regulations for foreign investors.
