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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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In this round-up, China emphasises proactive fiscal policies and flexible monetary policies, Hong Kong disqualifies a dozen pro-democracy candidates from the upcoming legislative council election and the Ministry of Finance tells local governments to use up their special-purpose bond quotas by October.
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A decision by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) last week regarding European Union multilateral trading facilities (MTFs) and organised trading facilities (OTFs) could be a glum preview of the UK’s cross-border regulatory affairs. -
The US Department of Labour (DoL) has proposed what it characterises as a reiteration of what has always been required of retirement fiduciaries — that they act in the best interest of their beneficiaries — urging them to disregard ESG considerations in investment decisions. In doing so, it appears not to have noticed the last decade in financial markets, which has shown that ESG investing is very much in investors’ interests.
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The US Department of Labour is nearing the end of a comment period for a proposed rule that would hinder some investors’ ability to allocate money to environmental, social and governance (ESG) assets. Investors and advocacy groups have shown their alarm by pouring in requests for an extension to Thursday's deadline, writes Max Adams.
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The Single Supervisory Mechanism has been making all the right moves during the coronavirus crisis.
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The transposition of the covered bond directive into national legislative frameworks is expected to have been completed by all member states within the next six months. But the clock is ticking, and a decision on whether to postpone implementation will be discussed in September.
