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PRA and FCA go much further than EU in loosening rules
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
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The large British banks have just completed one of the most complex structural reforms they’ve ever undertaken, severing their UK retail businesses from their wholesale operations to meet ringfence regulations. The sheer disruption of the changes has led competitors to scent blood, while the UK banks have been anxious to reassure their clients that nothing will change. -
The banking industry has largely backed efforts to use sustainable financing to cut capital charges through a ‘green supporting factor’. But regulators may use the stick, as well as the carrot, through temporary capital add-ons for dirty lending — something the financial industry is unlikely to welcome.
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The Futures Industry Association (FIA) has called for greater transparency in efforts by US regulators to determine the method for calculating the notional threshold at which dealers have to be registered as swap dealers.
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The People’s Bank of China says it will not weaken the RMB amid rising trade tensions with the US, the banking and insurance regulator wants more lending to small businesses, and the former boss of the Chinese central bank argues that RMB internationalization should keep a low profile.
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The securities watchdog promises more relaxations for inbound investors, officials levy new tariffs on US goods as state media takes aim at critics at home, and a senior central bank official criticises the Ministry of Finance for not doing its job.
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The Italian banking sector could be hurtling towards another crisis this autumn, with the government’s budget negotiations expected to put pressure on the bond market, worsening funding conditions for banks, write Jasper Cox and Bill Thornhill.
