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Markets are looking to the authorities to simplify blockchain issues, but they may not have the purest motives
The new European Secured Note market is keen to secure regulatory recognition for the new product but there are advantages to not having it
Investor appetite for CLO ETFs is increasing in Europe, as the asset class matures. But regulation and investor wariness may limit the eventual size of the market, writes Thomas Hopkins, meaning it will be some time before it can reach the scale of that in the US
Specialist mortgage lenders are optimistic that funding for asset-backed lending will improve in the long run, despite the difficult developing situation around the fall of specialist bridging lender Market Financial Solutions, writes Tom Hall
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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) on Friday said that its board of supervisors supported “continued access” to UK clearing houses in a no-deal scenario. -
In this round-up, People’s Bank of China (PBoC) signs a currency swap with Indonesia, Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges publish rules to limit the length of trading halts, and the Chinese authorities publish new rules to boost the domestic free trade zones (FTZs).
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US president Donald Trump may be the loudest critic of Chinese policy, but he is far from the only one. The European Chamber of Commerce (Eurocham) tells GlobalRMB that ‘optimism is slowly turning to cynicism’ as China stalls on its reform promises.
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On Thursday, the Bank of Greece revealed plans to manage the banking sector’s non-performing loans through securitizing them in a vehicle capitalised by the banks’ deferred tax credits (DTCs) — the latest move to speed up the push to clean up lenders’ balance sheets in the country.
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The frequency of devastating wildfires has rocketed in California over the past two years. Camp Fire, still burning through California, looks set to wipe out a catastrophe bond, leading to sharp questions about how to model and price an emergent risk to companies, buildings and people when this is bundled out to the capital markets.
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The European Council and Parliament overcame deep disagreements to reach a provisional agreement on a new version of the bank recovery and resolution directive (BRRD 2) this week, which includes cap on MREL requirements that will help Europe’s lowest-risk banks. The breakthrough has lifted hopes that EU lawmakers will approve a broader overhaul of European financial regulation before the European Parliamentary elections in May.
