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Tom Hall goes through a sterling week of deals for European ABS, while Thomas Hopkins dissects the dangers that a rise in LMEs would pose for European CLOs
Proposed 10% limit on interest would strip out most of securitizations' excess spread
Implementation necessary after wide-ranging changes last year
It is not enough to just undo some of the European Commission’s more controversial proposals
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The European Commission released a new action plan for its Capital Markets Union project on Thursday, prompting many observers to urge the EU to crack on with the proposals, after the CMU has taken years to implement. -
Fannie Mae’s and Freddie Mac’s drive to buy floating rate loans that reference the secured overnight financing rate is charging up a nascent market in interest rate caps that reference the Libor replacement.
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The General Court of the European Union has annulled three decisions of the Single Resolution Board on contributions banks have to make to the EU Resolution Fund. It said the Board had an "inherently opaque" process for calculating these fees.
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Banks may be using their lending relationships with companies to press them into granting bond mandates, the International Organisation of Securities Commissions has warned. This follows the UK Financial Conduct Authority's remarks about similar pressure for equity mandates in April.
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The recent high profile spurt of sustainability-linked bonds, including deals from Brazil’s Suzano, Switzerland’s Novartis and, coming this week, France’s Chanel, is a sharp change, after this structure — where the coupons are linked to sustainability performance targets — has made a surprisingly quiet and disappointing start to life.
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The European Central Bank (ECB) would gain more autonomy under new proposals on how to improve bank capital rules.
