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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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Beijing hits back at Trump’s tariffs, the chiefs of the People’s Bank of China reassure investors that China is ready for market turbulence, and the central bank announces improvements to Bond Connect’s northbound trading and Panda bond issuance. -
The FICC Market Standards Board’s statement of good practice on information and confidentiality in fixed income markets is causing consternation in some investment banks, by threatening to limit the flow of information in the opposite direction to the one that is traditionally seen as problematic.
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Euro private placement (Euro PP) transactions can be structured as loans or as bonds, depending on the preferences of both parties. But some smaller investors have withdrawn from the bond format, concerned that it brings them into the scope of MiFID II and of MAR, though market participants are hatching plans to bring them back.
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On Wednesday the UK’s final court of appeal rejected Goldman Sachs’s attempt to recover money lost on a loan to Banco Espírito Santo through the British courts. The judge said the EU’s framework for dealing with failing banks might be undermined if the actions of resolution authorities could be challenged outside of their home country.
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Nomura has unveiled a big redundancy round in its EMEA global markets operation, with more than 50 front office staff at risk. The move comes as volumes in European fixed income disappoint once again, setting banks up for a rough set of second quarter numbers.
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French markets regulator, Autorité des marchés financiers, has expressed concerns over the supervision of UK clearing houses after Brexit, suggesting that UK home country supervisors may not focus on the stability of the European Union.
