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The European Banking Authority has shaved 50bp off the minimum capital ratio banks must have after the adverse scenario to pass its 2014 stress tests, prompting some market participants to suggest it is being too lenient. -
The Loan Market Association has formed a working party to produce a template document for use in European private placement transactions.
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The rise of Chinese bank's activity in EMEA took a leap forward this week after Industrial and Commercial Bank of China announced that it is buying a controlling stake in Standard Bank's London-based global markets business.
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The rise of Chinese banks in the EMEA loan market seems to be inevitable. Regulatory changes will allow Chinese subsidiaries to apply for branch status in the UK, opening up the vast balance sheets of parent banks for the first time. Loans bankers at western houses have been keeping a close watch on these sleeping dragons, which this week made their intentions outside of China clear when Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) entered into an agreement to buy Standard Bank’s UK arm (see separate story). But this isn't the first move that the Chinese behemoth has made to expand in Europe. Last April, Benny Zachariah was hired to ICBC London with the task of setting up the bank’s loan sales and syndication desk. He talks to EuroWeek’s Michael Turner about the bank’s ambitions.
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The global systemically important banks (G-SIBs) have collectively met their Basel III capital requirements five years ahead of time, according to a report from Fitch Ratings.
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Core covered bond deals sized at €1.5bn have had mixed success so far this year. Tuesday’s five year from Crédit Mutuel CIC SFH was only moderately oversubscribed but was well placed, trading stably at end of the week.
