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  • The European Commission has extended the mandatory capital standards for exposures to central counterparties under the Capital Requirements Regulations. Recognising that CCP authorisation and compliance requires more time to complete, regulators have extended the deadline by six months.
  • In this round-up, a Shanghai-Hong Kong Gold Connect may be in the works, the United Arab Emirates could activate its currency swap line with China soon, and two Chinese asset managers raise funds for the first Stock Connect-linked ETFs to be launched in the mainland.
  • BNP Paribas Investment Partners (BNPP IP), the asset management arm of of the French bank, has opened a subsidiary in the Shanghai Free Trade Zone (FTZ), to complement its two branches there and its existing onshore joint venture.
  • The Council of the European Union has approved regulation for European long term investment funds (ELTIFs) this week. The funds are designed to increase the pool of capital available for long term investment in Europe.
  • The US Congress is scheduled to consider a proposal included in the government funding bill which would allow banks to keep swaps trading units, rescinding a provision in Dodd-Frank that forces banks to spin off certain derivatives trading activities into another legal entity.
  • Kay Swinburne, Conservative co-ordinator for economic and monetary affairs, has hit back at the idea that the more controversial aspects of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive can be fixed when the European Securities and Markets Authority writes its technical standards.