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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 Bank of England and the European Central Bank’s new paper on securitization reads like an indsustry wish-list, covering most of the themes the market has been grappling with since the wave of post-crisis regulation started to break in 2009. -
The bid/offer spread has significantly contracted since US regulation requiring certain products to be traded on swap execution facilities became effective. UBS’ aggregation model Neo has seen spreads decrease on its SEF electronic order books by approximately 50%.
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A significant number of senior buy- and sellside participants think that the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II will have a negative impact upon liquidity, according to a survey conducted by MarketAxess and Trax.
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Khaled Al Faikh has left his job as secretary general of the Accounting and Auditing Organisation for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI).
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An ambitious draft proposal by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) this month is set to bring about an overhaul of the country’s bank resolution regime. But with attention towards India focused on the euphoria created by the recent election victory of Narendra Modi, the proposal had slipped under much of the market’s radar. Opinions are divided about the impact on future bond issuance of these potentially sweeping changes, writes Isabella Zhong.
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The European Central Bank said euro area banks have raised more €95bn in capital since Q3 2013 from equity, provisions, contingent convertibles (CoCos) and asset disposals. But it questioned the extent to which attempts to strengthen risk weighted asset (RWA) ratios by shedding assets has actually made banks safer.
