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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.
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In this round-up, this year's offshore renminbi bond volumes have already overtaken the whole of last year, RMB deposits rise in Luxembourg, the first two Singapore RQFII licences for investment firms are awarded, the first small-cap RQFII product is launched, and an Australian fund manager sets up shop in the Shanghai Free Trade Zone. -
Morocco plans to finalise its Islamic banking bill by September, after presenting an overdue draft law to the lower house of its parliament on Wednesday.
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The Dubai Financial Services Authority has weighed into the long-running industry debate over whether national or company Shariah boards are the way forward for Islamic finance, by recommending a combined approach.
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Dubai should push on with its plan to create a central Shariah board. Although the emirate has made good progress in striving to become the self-styled “centre for the Islamic economy”, the time is ripe for a breakthrough that would create a lasting legacy.
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The latest batch of regulations for the Shanghai Free Trade Zone (SFTZ), announced late last week by the People's Bank of China (PBoC) and governing the implementation of free trade accounting in the zone, indicate that the currency will operate there much like it does in the offshore market, HSBC analysts said on Monday. And while RMB will be the starting point, other currencies could follow soon.
