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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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Varying regulation in different jurisdictions is going to result in fragmentation and the potential for regional markets, according to speakers at the Wholesale Markets Brokers' Association's SEFCON IV conference at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York yesterday.
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The European Securities and Markets Authority has called on firms to be more transparent in disclosing its credit risk when publishing information on the use of credit derivatives in financial statements. The regulator is therefore requesting greater disclosures when reporting under International Financial Reporting Standards and in the forthcoming Asset Quality Review.
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The International Swaps and Derivatives Association has released a pre-publication draft of changes to its credit event definitions. The draft follows proposed amendments to the original 2003 definitions were released in July.
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The Singapore Exchange is looking to refine how its central counterparty operates during a default. The exchange is proposing changes to improve the auction process for managing a default.
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South Korea’s tax regime is disadvantaging local issuers of synthetic exchange-traded funds, as ETFs listed offshore and invested in by Korean investors are not subject to the country’s full range of taxation.
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In this week’s round up of offshore renminbi news, Deutsche Bank gets access to the Shanghai free trade zone, Taiwan will allow Chinese bao dao issuance, and ICBC gears issues a UK dim sum bond.