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The ratings review finished with both upgrades and downgrades linked to senior bonds now being subordinated to regular deposits
Public pension schemes have sold shares in coal, oil and gas companies but are still funding expansion of the gas industry through infrastructure funds
Key points of contention include the investor sanctions regime and the definition of 'resilience'
European and other regulators are working on reforms to make covered bond funding more efficient
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People’s Bank of China (PBoC) has lifted the threshold for multinational corporations (MNCs) to use the cross-border cash pooling scheme across China. The scheme had originally been introduced in the Shanghai pilot free trade zone (FTZ) in early 2014. -
In this round-up, Hong Kong and Taiwan RMB deposits shrink slightly while RMB cross-border trade settlement surges to new records in both Hong Kong and China, the RQFII programme reaches Rmb410bn ($80bn), Georgia and Kyrgyzstan work on establishing RMB swap lines with China, and Nanning authorities plan a new China-ASEAN currency index.
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The People’s Bank of China announced just ahead of the Chinese national holiday of October 1 that it would allow foreign central banks, sovereign wealth funds and international financial organisations to trade in the onshore foreign exchange (FX) markets.
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Mandatory buy-in, a rule which could have crippled European rates and repo markets, may be postponed by two years, pending a further review of the regulation.
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Bond traders breathed a collective sigh of relief this week when the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) reversed course on trading transparency regulations which could have seized up the fixed income markets.
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The changes to securitization regulations this week by the European Commission have been well received, but analysts say there is still a way to go.
