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Liberated issuers will still have to follow European regulations if they want to sell in EU
Public versus private distinction scrapped for disclosure plus new, simplified templates for mature asset classes
Established, well-known corporates could be among the first to use new regime
An accurate picture of liquidity could help London compete for listings
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The UK’s new insolvency law came into force on Friday, and lawyers have been spending the weekend picking through its 250 pages to understand the implications. While some have welcomed it, others pointed out that in its haste to push it through Parliament, the government has introduced several changes that skew the balance between various kinds of lenders which hitherto had been treated equally. -
In this round-up, China proposes harsher punishments for financial crimes under the criminal law, the securities regulator is reportedly mulling over giving securities licences to commercial lenders, and monthly industrial profits grow for the first time this year.
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The Federal Reserve has come under fire for failing to oblige banks to stop paying dividends at a time of extreme economic uncertainty. The results of its latest stress test showed this week that a quarter of US banks could approach their minimum capital ratios if the coronavirus pandemic leads to a double-dip recession.
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The European Commission has split a new set of initiatives to progress the Capital Markets Union into three sections based around companies' recovery and growth, individuals' savings, and the single market for capital, according to an internal working document obtained by GlobalCapital.
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In this round-up, China and the United Arab Emirates launch the phase three clinical trial for a coronavirus vaccine, the origin of nearly all the new infections in Beijing has been confirmed, and an adviser to the Donald Trump administration stirs the market with comments on the Sino-US trade deal.
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Post-trade name give-up on swap execution facilities (SEFs) is set to be consigned to history as a majority of commissioners on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) came out in support of a rule that will largely restrict the practice.
