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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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The Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Products directive (PRIIPs), which was approved by the European Parliament on Tuesday evening, has been welcomed by the European structured products industry. -
The European Parliament approved European bank resolution plans on Tuesday, one of its final acts before the Easter break and the subsequent elections in May.
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The Financial Stability Board has published guidance on examining “risk culture” in banks, the new frontier for regulatory efforts but one which is difficult to measure. Some banks, however, have already made strides in cultural change, while others have merely talked the talk.
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Market participants have called for risk management to be standardised across central counterparties.
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The IMF has warned in its Global Financial Stability Report that market sentiment towards European banks may be running ahead of the repair of their balance sheets, and recommends that authorities push on with “accelerating the clean-up of bank and corporate balance sheets without disrupting the recovery in market sentiment”.
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The 3% Basel III leverage ratio is driving a move towards standardization in derivatives that could result in a bifurcation of the market, according to market participants.
