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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 Commission, on Tuesday, told UK clearing houses and securities depositories to pre-apply to the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) for recognition, should hard Brexit take place. -
Representatives from European Union (EU) member states were debating the role of central banks within the EU on Tuesday, as part of discussions over controversial proposals for a new framework for supervising clearing houses.
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European regulators and the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority have hit back against what they see as on overly restrictive interpretation of the European PRIIPs rules, intended for structured products. The rules, which came in in January this year, have led some issuers of vanilla bonds to hold back from offering these to retail clients because they were worried about new documents required.
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The European Central Bank has said that it will conduct a "comprehensive assessment" of six banks in Bulgaria, following the country’s bid to join the European Banking Union.
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European Union governments have pushed back against the European Commission’s proposed changes to the bloc’s financial regulators, opting to roll back the centralisation of power to independent executive boards.
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Holders of HSH Nordbank’s tier one securities have reacted angrily to the German bank’s announcement that it expects to write the instruments down further. Bondholders are also meeting later this month to vote on taking legal action against the bank.
