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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 UK financial regulator has fined UBS a record £27.6m for misreporting transactions, in breach of the European Market in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFiD). -
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) has warned that regulatory proposals for calculating derivatives contract exposure could lead to an uneven playing field and increased costs.
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The European Commission proposed earlier this month tweaking the capital requirements for insurance companies, through the creation of a new “long-term equity investments” class in the Solvency II regulation.
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The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is considering making covered bonds eligible for repo, but Singapore dollar issuance would probably be needed, delegates at the Euromoney/ECBC Asian Covered Bond Forum heard this week. Domestic currency issuance would improve the resilience of Singapore’s banking system and potentially encourage other banks to set up programmes.
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In this special round-up on China’s annual ‘Two Sessions’ parliamentary meeting, premier Li Keqiang promised a bigger tax cut than expected, increased the local government special purpose bond quota and demanded large commercial banks to boost their lending to small enterprises
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The root of arbitrage is the same thing being priced differently in two markets. As markets have got bigger and more sophisticated, arbitrage has become harder to find.
