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Hengfeng Bank will soon become the third Chinese bank to be taken into state control, since the People's Bank of China (PBoC) took over Baoshang Bank in May — a move that pushed Hengfeng into a liquidity crunch. -
In this round-up, hostility between China and the US continued, the State Council unveiled rules on the Shanghai Free Trade Zone and Beijing said it would intervene if the Hong Kong government fails to calm down the recent unrest.
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The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has appointed Summer K. Mersinger as director of the office of legislative and intergovernmental affairs and Suyash G. Paliwal as director of the office of international affairs.
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The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is being accused of negligence and a laissez-fair attitude in relation to the collapse of several funds. The irony is that in a different but less well-publicised area it is far from lax: it has undoubtedly tightened the screws on bankers gone bad.
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HSBC will grandfather its discounted perpetual (disco) bonds after all. Its decision last year to declare the securities to be fully eligible as tier two capital angered some investors: it has now backtracked after the introduction of new capital rules, although they will lose eligibility at a later date.
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Korea’s Financial Conduct Authority has supported the covered bond market this year with a series of new measures that aim to stimulate demand and supply. Its actions should promote local currency issuance, building on this year’s strong start.
