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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 move towards greater economic liberalization in China in 2013 and work on strengthening the legal regime, specifically around the bankruptcy law, will likely filter down to the country’s nascent derivatives market in 2014.
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The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has authorized the Singapore Exchange’s SGX Derivatives Clearing as a derivatives clearing organization. The authorization from the CFTC is the first for an Asian clearinghouse.
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Market participants that are found guilty of committing fraud or manipulation in the E.U. could face jail under rules agreed by the European Parliament and E.U. member states today.
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Financial counterparties and non-financial counterparties will be required to delegate risk-management procedures and arrangements to an asset manager who is providing portfolio management services to the counterparty on an agency basis, according to the European Securities and Markets Authority.
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European legislators have failed to reach an agreement over the final text of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive, reneging on a prior agreement over commodity exemptions to the definition of a financial instrument in Annex I, Section C (6) of the text.
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Regulators failed to reach agreement over the text of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive at the eleventh hour last night, reneging on a prior agreement over commodity exemptions to the definition of a financial instrument in Annex I, Section C (6) of the text.