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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 Volcker rule is set to be tweaked, simplified and watered down, changing the section of the US’s Dodd-Frank regulations stopping banks from engaging in proprietary trading. Only banks with more than $20bn of trading assets and liabilities will face the fullest compliance programme, while rules over what is identified as prop trading have been weakened. -
The European Central Bank has given Banca Carige the all-clear to try and carry out its latest plans to turn itself around. The ailing Italian lender said on Monday that its next step will be to ask its shareholders for their approval at a meeting next month.
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The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) unveiled a new benchmark rate for bank loans on Saturday. The loan prime rate (LPR) will replace the current one-year lending rate, which has stood still for four years at 4.35%, as the new benchmark. The move is aimed at making the lending rates more market-based and lowering the funding cost for the real economy, analysts say.
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The European Central Bank said on Thursday that AS PNB Banka was "failing or likely to fail", marking the second time in as many years that a Latvian bank has been declared insolvent.
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In this round-up, the Office of the US Trade Representative postponed imposing 10% tariffs on selected Chinese imports, protesters paralysed Hong Kong airport for two days and Shanghai said it would allow foreign employees to receive stock options on the A-share market.
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A draft Polish law, requiring the written consent of property owners to transfer mortgages, would have “significant adverse effects on Polish banks’ funding” said the European Central Bank, with respect to the covered bond and securitization markets. However, a legal expert said there would be no direct impact on covered bonds.
