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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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Representatives of the European Commission and the European Central Bank at the European Covered Bond Council’s plenary session in Paris were left struggling to define who would be responsible for a covered bond bank on issuer insolvency under the Single Supervisory Mechanism, only a week before the new regulatory framework is due to get final approval from the European Parliament.
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The absence of an exemption for pension funds in Switzerland’s derivatives regulatory proposals within its draft Financial Market Infrastructure Act will drive up costs and staffing pressures for such users, according to lawyers. -
The International Capital Markets Association and the Bank of England are united in saying that the repo markets suffer from poor use of collateral rather than a lack of supply.
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China’s hands-on approach to IPO reform shows commitment, but if the regulator does not stop changing the goalposts, it will risk confusing and damaging the market, say commentators.
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Hong Kong is coming to grips with a new IPO regime as the city switched to a public filing system on April 1, transforming it into one of the region's most transparent markets.
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With London, Frankfurt and Paris all having made progress in the past week in developing their offshore renminbi status, Luxembourg looked to have fallen behind. But Nicolas Mackel, CEO of Luxembourg for Finance, believes the city’s RMB credentials will support a leading role in the internationalisation of the currency.
