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Public versus private distinction scrapped for disclosure plus new, simplified templates for mature asset classes
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The European Parliament and the European Council have reached an agreement on a set of measures to tackle non-performing loans in the banking sector, broadly backing the European Commission’s proposals from March. -
Securitization markets involve some of the most esoteric, obscure parts of investment banking. Traders and bankers rarely court publicity, while deals are placed to a specialist subset of the fixed income buy-side. Yet, 10 years after the financial crisis, securitization affects almost every part the real economy.
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Supply of bonds issued by European insurers has been driven by firms merging, demerging and re-orientating, keeping investors and bankers on their toes. Will the conditions persist in 2019?
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Capital instruments issued by financial institutions under previous regulatory regimes was a topic of contention in several instances this year. With regulators set to lay down further positions, legacy capital will remain on the agenda in 2019.
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Caius Capital and UniCredit have settled a dispute over a hybrid capital instrument issued by the latter. Caius will pay the bank an undisclosed sum, after UniCredit sought around €90m of compensation for damages back in August.
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The result of the 2018 European stress test for insurers showed that firms are sensitive to both high and low yields, with some failing to meet their solvency capital requirement (SCR) under the tested scenarios. But natural catastrophes were less of a threat to balance sheets.
