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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
Proposed 10% limit on interest would strip out most of securitizations' excess spread
Implementation necessary after wide-ranging changes last year
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The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority have added regulatory pressure to the credit default swap market, pledging to clamp down on manufactured credit events. -
The European Securities and Markets Authority is asking market participants if certain factors — such as fair value accounting, remuneration of investors and credit default swaps — exacerbate short-term pressures on companies, as part of its work on sustainable finance.
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The EU’s push to improve the status of crowdfunding as a source of alternative financing will continue after summer with negotiations over new regulation. Member states would like to see prudential requirements for service providers and the ability to limit the amount retail investors can invest.
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The Basel committee on banking supervision has agreed to allow banks to offset the margin posted by clients in calculating the leverage ratio, marking a hard fought victory for the clearing industry.
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In this round-up, China’s holdings of US treasuries reached the lowest level in two years, the Ministry of Commerce (MoC) promised to unveil foreign investment negative lists in 10 days, and Bank of China (UK) can now provide clearing services in London.
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Figures from the banking sector and its regulators at the Institute of International Finance’s European Summit in Brussels this week attacked the severity of European rules on the capital that bank subsidiaries in host countries must hold.
