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A study by the Basel Committee has found that an obscure tweak could cut 200bp off big banks' common equity tier one ratios — suggesting that regulatory claims that there is no 'Basel IV' are misplaced.
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Chinese regulators are set to soon release official guidelines on the new scheme liberalising access to the China Interbank bond market (CIBM), according to Standard Chartered (StanChart). In the meantime, more details of how the scheme will work have come to light.
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Policymakers and regulators, be warned: US investment banks are poised to exceed the market share of their European counterparts in Europe, which could set back European initiatives to stabilise the region’s banking sector while increasing corporate and retail access to capital.
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The reduction in cross-border lending to China and increased capital outflows observed in 2015 might be more tied to a reduction in offshore RMB deposits than capital flight, according to the Bank for International Settlement (BIS).
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The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) has issued the most detailed outlook so far on what it sees as its foreign exchange policy going forward. Meanwhile, the stabilisation of the onshore RMB (CNY) rate against the dollar means that there is more optimism in the outlook for the currency.
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In this round-up: Hong Kong cross-border trade settlement fell again at the start of the year, RMB deposits were steady in Hong Kong but falling in Singapore, Brics New Development Bank will set up in Shanghai, and PBoC said a swap line with Bank of Russia had been activated. Plus, a recap of our top stories this week.