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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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In this round-up, the official manufacturing and services Purchasing Managers’ Indexes reach multi-year highs, the bourses in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Shenzhen add pre-revenue biotech companies listed in Hong Kong as well as Star market shares to the Stock Connect programme, and four more Chinese companies will be added to a US list of firms with alleged military ties.
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In this round-up, China’s banking and insurance regulator decides to allow beleaguered Baoshang Bank to go bankrupt, Hong Kong’s chief executive says pre-profit biotech stocks and some Star companies will be added to the Stock Connect programme, and India moves to ban another 43 China-based mobile applications.
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Enel is planning €10bn of extra renewable energy investment in Europe, as a result of the support it hopes to get from the European Union’s €750bn recovery fund. But it believes the EU should refine its aid to subsidise sustainable finance more directly.
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The Basel Committee has backed down from tough new changes which could have raised the costs of financing non-performing loan portfolios, allowing banks to use external ratings to assess the risk of NPL securitizations.
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US corporate bond bankers predict a final flurry of issuance before year end, though there have been no deals this week ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday, and after treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin moved to stop some quantitative easing.
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The European Central Bank has warned that some banks face a sharp spike in the cost of their bond funding, as the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic begins to translate into credit rating downgrades.