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Tom Hall goes through a sterling week of deals for European ABS, while Thomas Hopkins dissects the dangers that a rise in LMEs would pose for European CLOs
Proposed 10% limit on interest would strip out most of securitizations' excess spread
Implementation necessary after wide-ranging changes last year
It is not enough to just undo some of the European Commission’s more controversial proposals
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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+. -
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.
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In this round-up, China’s exports and imports grow at slower-than-expected rates in May, financial institutions will be evaluated on their performance in supporting the economic development of rural China, and two Chinese financial conglomerates plan to set up financial holding companies.
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In this round-up, US president Joe Biden signs an executive order that bans Americans from investing in Chinese companies allegedly operating in the defence or surveillance sectors, the People's Bank of China raises banks’ foreign exchange reserve requirement, and Beijing gives greater flexibility to securities companies on a ‘whitelist’.
