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Little green men could be closer than they appear
Scrutiny of regulatory proposals by those without securitization expertise is a feature, not a bug
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
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Eurex Clearing has cleared its first swaps trades referencing European regulators’ choice of replacement short-term reference rate, €STR. -
The European Commission has selected a group of 28 financiers and other specialists for a high-level forum on the capital markets union, among them a handful of senior bankers. It will have three sub-groups, focusing in particular on SMEs, fintech and retail investors.
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In this round-up, US president Donald Trump threatened to raise tariffs on China if the phase one deal is not reached, two Republican senators took action to speed up the passing of the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act and Chinese president Xi Jinping wrapped up a state visit to Greece.
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A 14-strong group of trade associations have co-authored a letter asking the European Commission to grant UK central counterparties (CCPs) urgent extensions to their temporary equivalence determinations.
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European bank supervisors have switched their approach to excess spread in risk transfer securitizations, paving the way for the stream of full stack capital relief deals issued this year by banks including BNP Paribas and Santander. But questions remain about how the deals handle IFRS 9 accounting, with Santander’s approach potentially boosting principal losses for investors. Owen Sanderson reports.
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The creation of a common eurozone safe asset was discussed in depth at the Association for Financial Markets in Europe’s (Afme) European Government Bond Conference on Wednesday, with the consensus that such a security was needed. But there were questions over how it would be structured.
