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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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Complex package transactions may be difficult to price electronically now that the package transaction requirement to trade such products on swap execution facilities is live, according to Nathan Jenner, coo of fixed income, currency and commodity trading at Bloomberg. -
Some swap execution facilities could face closure as they struggle to attract liquidity and trading volumes. Market participants are beginning to question what needs to occur for SEFs to survive in the new and evolving derivatives market structure, report Beth Shah and Daniel O’Leary.
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The Norwegian Ministry of Finance defined on Tuesday which institutions it considers systemically important, and said they should hold 2% more common equity tier one (CET1) than other Norwegian banks.
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A leaked European Commission document shows that covered bonds will be granted privileged status in new bank liquidity rules, in defiance of Basel standards, but in line with pressure from the Danish government and the European Banking Authority's own research.
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Turkey dominates the sukuk scene in central and eastern Europe via the sovereign and participation banks. But the Czech Republic has emerged as another possible breeding ground for Islamic finance.
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ICAP’s European swap execution facility went live Monday, following temporary registration approval from the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission to operate a multi-asset class SEF. This makes it the first non-US domiciled venue to be approved.
