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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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The coronavirus crisis has severely disrupted the move away from Libor to the new recommended risk-free rates. But market participants will have to press on to meet the original deadline, with no extension on the horizon, according to a senior capital markets lawyer. -
The fallout from the Covid-19 crisis has touched nearly every economic and employment sector, from the largest corporations to the smallest businesses. The pain has prompted an unprecedented policy response aimed at rescuing economies and markets, and further measures are likely to come. US commercial real estate has been especially impacted, with commercial mortgage lending slowing dramatically, already struggling retailers going dark across the country and a likely rethinking of the use of space following a nationwide experiment in working from home.
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With leveraged companies largely shut out of central bank bond buying and price support schemes, sponsors are mulling government-backed lending schemes in several European countries, as they seek to show other creditors that they have abundant access to liquidity. But the schemes often come with strings attached, which could do nearly as much damage to a sponsor's investment thesis as a restructuring.
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In this round-up, the Chinese banking and insurance regulator fines three commercial lenders, the People’s Bank of China reviews the implementation of its monetary policy in the first quarter, and the pace of local governments selling bonds moderates in April.
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China has made some much-needed changes to rules for foreign investors using the Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor scheme and its renminbi sister scheme, reviving some of the appeal of these access programmes.
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In this round-up, the US refuses to back down from accusing China of covering up the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic, but despite the rising tensions, top trade officials from the countries spoke on Friday morning.
