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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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New European rules to regulate investors come into force today, which will see private equity, real estate and infrastructure funds brought under hedge fund style regulation, as well as restrictions on fund marketing which has seen some jurisdictions, such as France, effectively shut down its private fund placement market.
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China Regulation and Policy
Paris is growing in stature as an RMB centre in Europe, with the French central bank signing a memorandum of understanding with the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) at the end of June. GlobalRMB spoke to Denis Beau, general director of markets operations at Banque de France, about how the planned RMB payment system in France could be a game changer for the RMB in Europe and beyond. -
The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) and the Swiss National Bank (SNB) signed a bilateral currency swap line agreement of up to Rmb150bn ($24.2bn), or Sfr21bn, on July 21 in Beijing. The move marks a further step to Switzerland becoming an renminbi hub in Europe.
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US-based index provider S&P Dow Jones announced this week that, after a market consultation, it had decided not to include Chinese A-shares in any of its global products. The decision follows similar conclusions reached recently by competitors FTSE and MSCI.
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In this round-up, cross border RMB trade settlement triples on a year on year basis, Safe announces further relaxations for offshore RMB investments through Special Purpose Entities, and Taiwan announces its latest RMB deposit figures.
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Primary markets bankers could face a raft of new prescriptions on how they conduct pre-soundings, following proposed technical standards from the European Securities and Markets Association to implement the EU’s new Market Abuse Regulation.
