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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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Derivatives Intelligence & Derivatives Week have launched the Global Derivatives Law Firm Survey, a comprehensive qualitative customer ranking of law firms across multiple asset classes, regulation, tax, and many other areas. The law firm with the best ranking across all categories within the survey will be crowned the Global Derivatives Law Firm Of The Year at the Global Derivatives Awards ceremony in London in September.
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Pre-trade transparency rules in the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive will be virtually impossible to apply to many trades, including some OTC derivatives, according to Rob Ford, a partner at GBP1.8 billion fixed-income manager TwentyFour Asset Management in London.
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The planned financial transaction tax could lead to direct costs as high as EUR40 million if those corporates are defined as financial institutions under the terms of the tax, according the European Association of Corporate Treasurers.
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A key component of the Franken-Wicker amendment to the Dodd-Frank financial overhaul bill proposes that a government panel should select the rating agency for structured finance deals based on expertise and track record.
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The European Commission has instructed the European Securities and Markets Authority to produce draft regulatory standards on the cross-border application of the European Market Infrastructure Regulation by Sept. 25, 2013.
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Mainland Chinese securities firms are not using the recently released Securities Association of China master agreement, opting instead to use the National Association of Financial Market Institutional Investors contract due to regulatory uncertainty, according to officials.