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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
Despite a tepid response in a 2024 consultation, there are signs EU authorities are laying the groundwork
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If the European Central Bank (ECB) is serious about eventually scaling back its quantitative easing programme and encouraging a return to normal market funding, it will need all tools at its disposal. That suggests there is scope for an instrument that delivers a low cost of funding and supports the European economy. European Secured Notes (ESNs), which are likely to form part of the European Commission’s capital markets action plan, which is to be unveiled this Thursday, could provide the answer. -
The European Commission on Tuesday gave the derivatives clearing industry a lifeline by granting an 18 month equivalence decision that will allow European firms to keep using UK central counterparties.
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José Manuel Campa, chairperson of the European Banking Authority, suggested on Monday that countercyclical capital buffers could be more effective if they were set in a harmonious way across jurisdictions.
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In this round-up, Ant Group receives blessing for the Mainland portion of its jumbo dual listing, the September benchmark lending rate remains unchanged, and a large securities house is in the making as Guolian Securities plans to acquire a bigger rival.
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In this round-up, the World Trade Organization rules that additional tariffs imposed by the Trump administration on some Chinese goods in 2018 breached international trade regulations, ByteDance makes progress on the sale of TikTok in the US, and Hong Kong asks Washington to drop its demand for the city’s exports to be labelled as ‘made in China’.
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Argentina’s recently restructured international bond curve looks further than ever from the 10% yield target that the finance minister had set. New currency controls aimed at halting the decline in international reserves have had a catastrophic impact on both corporate and sovereign bond markets, and are likely to spell major trouble in the long term, analysts say.
