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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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China's State Administration of Foreign Exchange (Safe) added Rmb11.1bn ($1.8bn) to its RMB qualified foreign institutional investors (RQFII) programme in October. In Europe, Investec, BNP Paribas Investment Partners (BNPP IP) and the Carmignac Group took home individual RQFII quotas to start investing in China’s capital markets. -
In this round-up: the Chinese Ministry of Finance flags its next auction of RMB bonds in Hong Kong; RMB trade settlement in Hong Kong was up sharply in the first nine months of this year, while monthly RMB clearing and quarterly China RMB trade settlement fell; October was another record month for RMB trading volumes on the Moscow Exchange.
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The European Central Bank took over direct supervision of the eurozone’s largest banks on Tuesday, a big step forward for what is already a powerful institution — and likely to be a force to be reckoned with for banks in its charge.
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The Bank of England is to provide a liquidity back-stop to central counterparty clearing houses and brokers deemed critical to the stability of the UK financial system, shoring up so-called ‘too big to fail’ clearing houses in times of crisis.
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The planned offshore renminbi clearing house in Paris will mark the first step towards the establishment of a broad offshore RMB ecosystem independent of central banks and reminiscent of the Eurodollar market, according to Peng Wei, deputy general manager of Bank of China Paris branch (BoC Paris), the firm that is at the heart of preparations for the launch of the system next year.
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The addition this week of South Korea's Won to the list of direct trading currency pairs with China's renminbi (CNY) throws up challenges not seen so far in similar arrangements with other currencies. Unlike sterling, euros and Singapore dollars, the Won is itself not fully convertible, meaning that direct quotes between the two currencies in China's onshore market will not be possible.
