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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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The European Central Bank’s Asset Quality Review has added another €136bn to the stock of non-performing loans that eurosystem banks are holding, after changing the way loans are assessed across Europe as a whole. -
Shinhan BNP Paribas Asset Management has become the first Korean institutional investor to receive a licence to access China’s onshore capital markets via the renminbi qualified foreign institutional investor (RQFII) scheme.
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US-based exchange traded fund (ETF) provider KraneShares, in partnership with China’s Bosera Asset Management, moved their China A ETF product to the new MSCI China A International Index on October 24.
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In this round-up, RMB deposits in Taiwan break past Rmb300bn in September, Macau RMB deposits and RMB cross border trade fell slightly in August, the Hong Kong-Shanghai Stock Connect initiative looks likely to be launching later than expected, and a Canada-China currency swap line could be coming in November.
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Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) Europe has launched a Renminbi Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor (RQFII) fixed income fund that is compliant with the European Union directives on Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities (UCITS). The fund is the first RQFII fund to be issued by an EU registered Chinese bank.
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Spain’s new covered bond law, if passed, will mean a vast improvement in the quality of the country’s covered bond collateral – but could come at the expense of holders of the old bonds, who will find their deals backed by a dwindling pool of poor quality loans, unless they exchange into new deals.
