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Commission calls for input into Banking Union review
The European Commission has this week invited stakeholders to contribute to a review of the EU’s crisis management framework. It is hoping to be able to fix a number of issues relating to the Banking Union, with a particular focus on reaching agreement on a common system of deposit insurance (EDIS).
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New CFPB leader may have 'deleterious' impact on ABS market
Rohit Chopra has been named the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, putting an end to three years of deregulation and kicking off an era of aggressive consumer protection. The ABS market is keeping a close eye on Chopra’s key plans, which include restoring the bureau’s ability to start its own investigations and establishing a new credit reporting agency.
25 Jan 2021 -
ECB launches climate centre as central banks ramp up green work
The European Central Bank will use a new climate change centre to improve its work on the topic, while also investing in a new green bond fund set up by the Bank for International Settlements.
25 Jan 2021 -
The week in review: China stresses debt management, corporate governance at banks, Stock Connect to include Star shares next month, Guangzhou Futures Exchange approved
In this round-up, Beijing plans to increase oversight of debt management and corporate governance at Chinese lenders, Hong Kong is ready to include Star-listed A-shares into the Stock Connect, and the securities regulator gives the nod to set up a new futures exchange in Guangzhou.
25 Jan 2021 -
EC pledges to ‘move faster’ on resolution reforms in drive for Banking Union
The European Commission is looking to fast-stream work on reforming the EU’s crisis management framework this year, given the lack of political consensus on other issues relating to the Banking Union.
22 Jan 2021 -
China policy and markets round-up: Beijing sanctions former Trump officials, PBoC tightens grip on non-bank payment market, profit growth slows at central SOEs
In this round-up, China imposes sanctions on 28 US government officials who were part of the Donald Trump administration, the central bank increases oversight of non-bank payment firms, and profit growth at central government-owned enterprises suffers from the Covid-19 pandemic.
22 Jan 2021 -
Afme proposes recapping with equity-like
Many EU companies could do with capital beyond debt, according to the Association for Financial Markets in Europe (Afme). The trade body, in a report it produced alongside PwC, suggests encouraging the use of equity-adjacent products to fill balance sheet gaps from the coronavirus crisis.
19 Jan 2021 -
The week in review: China’s GDP grows 2.3% in 2020, regulator expands market bans on securities-related violations, Ant works on business overhaul timetable
In this round-up, China’s coronavirus-hit economy grows 2.3% year-on-year in 2020, the securities regulator plans to introduce more bans on those who break rules in the onshore capital markets, and the vice central bank governor says Ant Group will give a timetable for the shakeup of its businesses.
18 Jan 2021 -
ECA invites EU legislators to address ‘shortcomings’ in bank crisis rules
The European Court of Auditors published an assessment of the EU’s crisis management framework this week. It urged policymakers to align national insolvency procedures with bloc-wide resolution rules, as a way of making sure that banks are treated consistently when they fall into financial difficulty.
15 Jan 2021 -
China policy and markets round-up: Xiaomi, Cnooc added to US blacklists, Beijing launches grading system for consumer finance companies, insurance asset managers
In this round-up, the US adds Chinese technology giant Xiaomi Corp and oil major Cnooc to its blacklists, and Beijing announces measures to monitor consumer finance companies and insurance asset managers.
15 Jan 2021