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Broad political support for EU giving Esma more powers means NCAs must adapt
◆ Private credit and equity to come under oversight for first time... ◆ ... as Bank of England eases burden on banks... ◆ ... amid global shift to lighten up on lenders, with ECB expected next
Scope of UK regulation set to be more restricted than EU equivalent
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In this round-up, the major indicators for economic activity in China disappoint, the after-school tutoring sector in the Mainland faces a clampdown, and indebted China Huarong Asset Management Co is reportedly looking to raise cash by offloading its holding in seven different units. -
The pace at which central banks are accelerating towards skewing monetary policy to support the fight against climate change was brought home this week by a speech by Isabel Schnabel, an executive board member at the European Central Bank, in which she went further than ever before in calling for strong action and hinted at how the ECB might do it.
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The UK government is consulting with market participants about new powers enabling it to block companies from listing their shares in the country on national security grounds. The move comes after concerns were raised about the 2017 listing of energy and metals company EN+.
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Any talk of relaxing leverage ratio relief in the eurozone is premature, according to the Association for Financial Markets in Europe, which said this week that the support measure must remain in place until the economy has moved on from the impact of the pandemic.
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In this round-up, China passes a law that will enable reciprocal measures against foreign sanctions, the US president signs an executive order lifting bans on Chinese applications, and the central bank will start quarterly evaluation of the green finance performance of major lenders.
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The UK has begun the process of creating its own versions of the European Union’s sustainable finance regulations, by picking a Green Technical Advisory Group to help it draft a green taxonomy. It will face two conflicting priorities: to maximise harmonisation by staying close to EU rules; and to depart from them, for a variety of reasons including the possibility of improving on the EU’s approach.
