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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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In this round-up, China produces a sanctions list in response to a similar move by the US, multinational companies raise concerns on US president Donald Trump’s executive order against Tencent’s WeChat, and Chinese telecommunications firms will be barred from taking part in India’s 5G trial. -
As investment bankers got used to working from home in the first half of the year, many more whistleblowing cases were opened by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority. Meanwhile, challenges around monitoring staff and forging a bank’s internal culture have not gone away just because the workforce is outside of the office.
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Spanish Cédulas reform has been widely anticipated for years. However, whether Spain is ready to execute the sweeping reforms necessary to bring the regime into line with the European Union’s covered bond directive remains to be seen, as the impact of the coronavirus risks diverting attention.
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The European Central Bank has asked financial institutions to justify why they are using additional tier one and tier two bonds as sources of internal capital, highlighting its concern that the instruments lack real economic value.
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A technical issue around the data submission meant that the euro area short term rate (€STR) did not have enough data to be calculated in the usual way this morning, forcing the ECB to use its contingency method.
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European banks will be subject to some of the Federal Reserve’s highest capital targets, after the US regulator switched to using stress test results as the main input for its requirements.
