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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 Single Resolution Board has argued in favour of using contractual guarantees to establish how parent banks will deal with losses at their subsidiaries, suggesting the approach could offer a neater solution for internal bank capital arrangements. -
The Financial Conduct Authority warned on Monday against using benchmarks other than risk-free rates in the transition from Libor. It has asked any company under its remit to tell its FCA supervisor if it plans to use alternatives known as credit-sensitive rates.
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Bryan Pascoe, former head of debt capital markets at HSBC, is joining the International Capital Market Association as chief executive, succeeding Martin Scheck, who has been in the role since 2009.
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In this round-up, China’s industrial profit growth moderates in May, Geely Automobile Holdings will not pursue a planned listing on the Star market in Shanghai, and Beijing approves the first onshore perpetual bond from a policy lender.
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Katharina Utermöhl, senior economist for Europe at Allianz, has called for a radical rethinking of the European Union’s approach to Capital Markets Union, saying that past attempts to harmonise rules and regulations across member states have “failed, and we should get over that”.
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There is general agreement that the UK’s recently won ability to diverge from EU capital markets regulations represents an opportunity to create a more attractive environment for doing business in London — and everyone seems to have their own shopping list of reforms they would like to see.
