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The European Commission this week announced a banking reform package that will result in changes to the CRR and CRD IV capital requirement legislation, as well as changes to the BRRD and SRMR legislation relating to recovery and resolution of failing financial institutions. The package is very broad, so we won’t attempt to comment on all of the measures. -
Hong Kong is seeking to position itself as a financing hub for infrastructure in the wake of China’s Belt and Road scheme. As a result, the HKMA established the Infrastructure Financing Facilitation Office (IFFO) in July 2016 to connect the organisation with financial institutions, service firms and corporates active in the sector.
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In an interview with GlobalRMB, Vincent Lee, executive director, Hong Kong Monetary Authority, laid out HKMA’s plans for the future of Hong Kong as an offshore RMB hub, and for the recently created Infrastructure Financing Facilitation Office (IFFO), which he oversees.
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The European Commission will require EU member states to create a new asset class of ‘non-preferred’ senior debt to help banks comply with bank resolution and loss-absorption standards, and it expects countries to adopt the necessary changes by June 2017.
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The European Central Bank has laid out its plans to regulate leveraged lending at banks it supervises, a move that could curb aggressive deal structures and give banks a way to resist pressure for low lending standards from their private equity clients.
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The European Commission has presented proposals for the treatment of covered bonds which are more favourable than those outlined by the Basel Committee, and may hasten the adoption of soft bullet and conditional pass-through structures.
