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Chinese authorities are set to announce a third batch of free trade zones (FTZs) this year with the preference likely falling on Western provinces. Meanwhile, the regulators have laid out more plans for the original pilot in Shanghai, aiming for the city to become the first to test full liberalisation of the capital account. -
A switch in regulator from the Bank of Spain to Europe’s Single Supervisory Mechanism and more regulatory certainty has reopened a route to capital raising for Spain’s banks — synthetic securitization.
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The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) has flung open the doors to China’s bond market by allowing almost all types of foreign financial institutions and asset managers to directly invest in the onshore inter-bank bond market without a quota. The move is a positive one for capital markets liberalisation but leaves a question mark over the future of schemes like QFII and RQFII.
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HSBC plans to sidestep continued global uncertainty about how TLAC rules will work by issuing senior debt from its holding company until further notice, according to the bank’s strategic plan laid out in its annual results on Monday.
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The RMB qualified foreign institutional investor (RQFII) programme has been a runaway success, expanding to sixteen jurisdictions and over 150 institutions in just five years since launch, quickly catching up to the popularity of sibling programme QFII. Yet, to retain its appeal amid market volatility and the evolution of competing investment channels, it may be time for RQFII to revamp.
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At least two European banks are pitching bespoke structures to insurers that allow them to invest in securitizations without incurring the punishing capital charges laid out by Solvency II, but other market participants warned against the instruments, and argued that banks should fulfil the spirit, not just the letter, of regulation.
