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Scope of UK regulation set to be more restricted than EU equivalent
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During spring and summer of 2020, mortgage borrowers in the UK took full advantage of the chance for a payment holiday, with some non-conforming mortgage portfolios seeing payments stop on up to 40% of loans. But investors in RMBS stayed largely sanguine, despite the looming rise in unemployment and the potential for holidays to turn into defaults. Could the moratorium make a comeback in the next crisis? Tom Brown reports. -
In tumultuous times, the EU’s Capital Markets Union project continues to plod on. As it it is limited by member states not harmonising certain laws, this is not all the European Commission’s fault, but that hasn’t stopped criticism that the executive body has underdelivered. Jasper Cox reports.
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Bank capital has gone back under the microscope during the coronavirus pandemic, with policymakers asking themselves whether the Basel III rules can work as intended. Tyler Davies reports.
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There could be more large restructurings in Europe in 2021 than ever before, as companies seek sustainable capital structures after 2020’s rash of emergency financing. But it’s also a new horizon for the laws that govern restructuring, as countries replace a patchwork of dated and difficult insolvency regimes, and the UK exits the European Union, ending automatic recognition of its court rulings. Owen Sanderson reports.
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As countries across Europe tighten coronavirus restrictions in the run-up to Christmas, the European Central Bank saw fit to relax its ban on dividends on Tuesday and pave the way for resumed payments in 2021.
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The European Commission’s plans to tackle the mountain of non-performing loans that are expected next year as government support schemes roll off have been criticised as unambitious. They have been dismissed as containing little beyond a review of proposals that have already been unveiled.
