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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 Financial Conduct Authority is looking at shaking up how UCITS funds manage liquidity, following the high profile pressures at Woodford. Under proposals being explored, bond and equities funds might face stress testing, and the definition of an illiquid asset could change. -
The European Central Bank (ECB) is reluctant to give a shorter repo haircut for ABS paper, even for bonds approved for the ‘simple, transparent and standardised’ (STS) regulatory framework, a senior legal counsel for the central bank said during a panel.
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In this round-up, China and the US upped the ante on the rhetorical trade war, the Ministry of Finance transferred its shares in two state-owned banks to a national social security fund and the Hangzhou city government is sending 100 of its staff to private companies.
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The Bank of England prides itself on its magisterial oversight of the UK's banking sector. But Metro Bank is going to give it some thorny dilemmas in the coming months that will test its silky skills.
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The failure by Metro Bank, the UK challenger bank, to issue a £250m senior non-preferred bond this week throws the spotlight on the Bank of England, which could soon have to decide how to deal with Metro if it fails to meet a year-end deadline for raising bail-inable debt. Tyler Davies reports.
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Steven Maijoor, chair of the European Securities and Markets Authority, has pointed to challenges on the path to reform of euro risk free rates, and highlighted fallbacks as his organisation’s most important next hurdle.
