Top Section/Ad
Top Section/Ad
Most recent
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
More articles/Ad
More articles/Ad
More articles
-
In this round-up, Chinese president Xi Jinping has promised $3bn in additional support to developing countries fighting the pandemic, the State Council explicitly bans bitcoin mining and trading as part of an intense crackdown on cryptocurrencies, and Liaoning province is set to welcome a new city commercial bank. -
The Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) has released its hotly anticipated report on European securitization. But market participants are calling it a missed opportunity, pointing out that it fails to address recommendations made by the High Level Forum on the Capital Markets Union to develop the market.
-
In this round-up, the People’s Bank of China leaves the one year medium-term lending facility rate unchanged for over a year, it plans Rmb25bn ($3.9bn) of bill issuance in Hong Kong, and the Shanghai and Shenzhen bourses approve China’s first public infrastructure real estate investment trusts since the pilot programme’s launch last April.
-
In this round-up, China records the lowest population growth in decades, the pace of credit expansion moderates, and a surge in the country’s factory gate prices adds to global inflation concerns.
-
The Senate voted to overturn the 'true lender' law, a rule which makes it easy for non-bank marketplace lenders to originate loans through banks. Though the rule is unlikely to be rescinded, the efforts to roll it back show that pressure will remain on marketplace lenders, as states challenge federal regulations that they see as infringing on their licensing and usury laws.
-
In this round-up, the China Securities Regulatory Commission plans to ask companies to include separate chapters for corporate governance as well as environmental and social responsibilities in their annual financial reports, and three Chinese telecommunications companies will be dropped from the New York Stock Exchange after an unsuccessful appeal.
