© 2026 GlobalCapital, Derivia Intelligence Limited, company number 15235970, 161 Farringdon Rd, London EC1R 3AL. All rights reserved.

Accessibility | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Modern Slavery Statement | Event Participant Terms & Conditions | Cookies

Regulation

More articles/Ad

More articles/Ad

More articles

  • The European Commission’s consultation on the regulatory framework for financial services has revealed concerns that the implementation of ‘simple, transparent and standardised’ securitization requirements could starve European asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP) of vital money market fund investors.
  • The European Central Bank is updating its criteria for the rating agencies it uses to assess the quality of collateral it lends against in repo transactions and purchases for its quantitative easing programmes, and says it is strengthening its own due diligence processes.
  • There is a rapidly forming view that China has given up on reform, given up on RMB internationalisation. The solution? Let the RMB float freely as promised, a radical shift in approach that would preserve China’s foreign exchange reserve and put the reform agenda back on track, says Saxobank.
  • The Australian subsidiary of US asset manager Vanguard received an additional Rmb20bn ($3.03bn) quota from the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (Safe) on January 27, making the firm the second largest RMB qualified foreign institutional investor (RQFII) globally.
  • In this round-up, Chinese premier Li discussed RMB foreign exchange volatility with IMF's Lagarde, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank formally launched, a new A-shares exchange traded fund launched in Hong Kong, while a survey found Hong Kong retail investors fear RMB volatility most for 2016, and Tajikistan activated its currency swap line with China. Plus, a recap of GlobalRMB's top stories this week.
  • A fight between the European Commission and the member states of the Union could allow the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II to split into myriad national interpretations — a nightmare for those trying to implement the complex new rules.