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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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Romania is making a push to gain emerging market status, alongside a raft of other proposals to increase liquidity in its markets and encourage foreign investment. The initiative, launched by the Romanian financial supervisor, is called “STEAM”, and is supposed to cut the costs of investing in the country. But political holdups, including a presidential election in November, could slow the process.
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Andy Jobst, a senior economist in the European department at the International Monetary Fund, told delegates to the ECBC/Euromoney covered bond conference that regulatory obstacles remained high, despite the political mandate for SME covered bonds and ABS.
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Central counterparty clearing houses should have more "skin in the game" to keep them from liquidation, according to panellists debating CCP risk at the 35th annual Bürgenstock forum for global derivatives markets in Geneva on Wednesday. -
A senior officer from the European Securities and Markets Authority warned on Thursday that submitting data to trade repositories is not enough to fulfil the legal obligation to report derivatives transactions in Europe, and that market participants must take steps to ensure the pairing and matching of trade data they file.
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The launch this month of an international trading board at the Shanghai Gold Exchange (SGE) in the city’s free trade zone (FTZ) has sparked a surge of interest in gold trading with China and marks an important step in using commodity markets to pursue the country's goal of renminbi internationalisation. The board, which launched on September 18, allows foreign parties to trade RMB-denominated gold contracts for the first time.
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Some smaller dealers in Canada are grappling with the operational build out in order to comply with the Canadian over-the-counter derivatives reporting requirements set to begin on October 31.
