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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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Fines UK authorities imposed on Royal Bank of Scotland could herald a much greater focus from bank overseers on operational risk — and the willingness to use penalties to keep banks in line.
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The UK’s challenge to European Union’s bonus cap for bank employees has been ditched, after the advocate general for the highest court in the EU said the law was valid. UK authorities had fought against the limits, with the Bank of England arguing that it made banks weaker by raising fixed costs.
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The overall interest rate derivatives trading volume reported to swap data repositories last week fell by 18% from the previous week, according to data from the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA). This follows a week of modest increases in trading volumes.
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This week's launch of RMB clearing in Germany and the completion of the first transactions shows that although there is a long term plan for an innovative clearing house structure in the country, for the moment the system is very much anchored to its first stage, clearing through Bank of China (BoC). -
Bank of China Sydney Branch has been appointed by the People's Bank of China (PBoC) to be an official offshore RMB clearing bank. The designation comes in a busy week for the Australian RMB business, with the two countries signing an MoU on RMB clearing and the state of New South Wales launching an RMB bond.
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One institutional investor was seen picking up a sizeable put spread on AT&T following increased options activity in telecoms last week.
