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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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • The seven-page standard for the new issue bond market, published on Friday by the FICC Market Standards Board (FMSB), won’t have caused too many sleepless nights for syndicate managers. But it’s an ambitious project that has only just begun. The market should step up and support it.
  • The opening of China's interbank bond market (CIBM) this year means that the world's third largest fixed income market will become an increasing focus for global investors, according to the world's largest asset manager.
  • Discussions at the European Banking Authority’s public covered bond hearing on Friday centred on the triggers required to extend soft bullet or conditional pass through covered bonds. Regulators may need to set further conditions for soft bullet bonds issued by specialist banks.