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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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A US pension fund has filed a class action suit against two of the banks suspected by the European Commission of breaching EU competition law in their trading of European government bonds between 2007 and 2012. -
Another piece of the jigsaw of greener financial markets was inserted on Tuesday last week, though hardly anyone noticed. Under the EU’s new Investment Firms Regulation, asset managers and investment banks will have to disclose their environmental, social and governance risks, including from stranded assets, and how they vote in shareholder meetings. The requirements are quite radical and amount to insisting that all firms practice ESG investing.
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Amid the blizzard of legislation going through Brussels in the dying days of the present Commission and Parliament’s mandate, little attention was paid last week to the new rules governing how investment managers and investment banks are supervised. But they have big implications, including bringing investment banks such as Barclays and Goldman Sachs under the European Central Bank.
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The Bank of England is rebooting a crisis-era tool for its banks. Firms will be able to use its liquidity facility in euros (LiFE) from next week, as central banks seek to avert a liquidity crunch in a no-deal Brexit scenario.
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John McFarlane, chair of Barclays, said on Monday that he hoped the EU would not turn its back on London in the Brexit negotiations. However, he expected financial activity to move out of London to Europe, and thought that — on a global scale — faster-growing economies in Asia and the US, and big technology firms, could reshape the financial industry.
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The Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) published the official rules for the new tech board at the end of last week. The exchange said the tech board will allow unprofitable companies to list, prevent small retail investors from participating directly and loosen lock-up requirements for key investors.
