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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 UK’s Financial Conduct Authority has launched a new platform dedicated to listing all securitizations which qualify as ‘simple, transparent and standardised’, preparing the UK securitization market for the end of the Brexit transition period. -
In this round-up, Beijing says it has suspended $2.1bn in debt payments from two dozen nations under the G20 framework, and the top Chinese financial regulators send strong signals to the onshore market in the wake of a string of domestic bond defaults.
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In this round-up, the interbank bond market regulator announces stricter rules for domestic bond issuance, the investigation into firms linked to a defaulted state-owned issuer widens, and China reduces its holding of US Treasury bonds for four straight months.
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The European Union faces its bitterest internal conflict yet, with member states drawing battle lines over the receipt of EU funds becoming dependent on states adhering to the rule of law. The conflict risks delaying or sinking the EU’s recovery fund, but capitulating would weaken its ability to oversee how the money is used, writes Lewis McLellan.
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The securitization market is pushing back against proposals in the European Parliament to tack a green framework for ABS deals onto existing discussions about NPL and synthetic securitizations that were supposed to be rapid-fire amendments to help the market fight off Covid-induced economic woes. Tom Brown reports.
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The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) issued its final capital rule on Wednesday, mandating more capital for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to ensure they exit conservatorship on a ‘sound capital footing’. The agency’s progress towards privatisation could be limited by the likelihood that President-elect Joe Biden will switch out FHFA boss Mark Calabria for a Democratic pick.
