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It is not enough to just undo some of the European Commission’s more controversial proposals
Despite a tepid response in a 2024 consultation, there are signs EU authorities are laying the groundwork
Parliament’s draft amendments are kinder to the market than Commission's
The conditions are set so that 2026 promises to be even better than the already impressive 2025. A deepening of esoteric asset classes, combined with entirely new deal types, as well as more debut issuers are set to be the key themes, writes Tom Hall
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The lack of clarity over whether the UK and the EU will clinch a trade deal before the end of the year also makes it harder for those in financial markets to know whether equivalence decisions will be granted for the trading obligations for derivatives (DTO) and shares (STO). -
When the Brexit transition period ends on December 31, ABS deals listed on EU stock exchanges will become private deals for UK investors, and vice versa for UK deals. The change could ease the regulatory burden for some investors active in the market.
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The European Parliament and Council have agreed rules that will set the stage for securitization to play a role in helping European banks dig their way out of an impending surge in defaulted loans. The Parliament has added sustainability criteria to the final amendments.
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The Prudential Regulation Authority has told UK banks that they are free to resume dividend and bonus payments from next year, though pay-outs will be subject to caps based on profits and risk-weighted assets.
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The European Banking Authority has updated the market on how it thinks Basel IV will impact bank capital requirements, setting the scene for another paper next week examining how the rules could interact with the economic shock of the coronavirus pandemic.
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The sustainable finance market clamoured for a Taxonomy to tell it what was green. Now it’s here, many are finding the answers constraining or simplistic. Alarmingly, the Taxonomy is also perpetuating the very thing it was supposed to root out — greenwashing.
