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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 UK government's landmark RMB bond is grabbing attention this week, but financial market participants are already looking at the next steps, with panda and green bonds seen as possible next areas of focus for Chinese capital account liberalisation, according to HSBC. -
Regulators should be cautious when proposing a clearing mandate for non-deliverable forwards due to the global nature of the fx market, along with regulatory differences between the US and Europe that have yet to be resolved.
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A slew of major global banks have agreed to sign a protocol by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association that imposes a stay on cross-default and major termination rights within standard ISDA derivatives contracts if a counterparty defaults.
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On Friday the Securities & Exchange Commission approved an order type on the New York Stock Exchange which allows the exchange to give preferential treatment to some orders over others. Any market participant can use the order type, but the move is expected to disproportionately benefit high frequency trading firms.
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In this round-up, RMB clearing in Hong Kong reaches a new record, RMB deposits in Seoul keep surging, two more tests for the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect are coming up ahead of its launch and Shenzhen is considering its own mutual trading initiative.
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Swap execution facility TeraExchange has executed the first bitcoin derivatives transaction between bitcoin firm digitalBTC and an unknown hedging company.
