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Reforms should focus on banks' access to liquidity, not capital
Conditions support capital issuance, even though European Commission's report gave no clarity on the future of AT1s
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Baker McKenzie has hired capital markets and M&A partner Victoria Lloyd in Hong Kong. -
For those in the world of grown-up finance, the cryptocurrency world has often been the subject of amused scorn or mild envy. It is very much its own game, and it scarcely seems to inhabit the same world as staid, professional markets like that for commercial paper. But all that is changing and regulators must pay attention.
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The European Commission signalled this week that it would extend regulation into many more aspects of sustainable finance, driving an agenda that could change the role of capital markets in society. But although responsible investing experts welcomed it, the complex package of at least 30 measures is likely to provoke a wide variety of reactions, from enthusiastic support to complaints that it is too slow and unambitious, to outright opposition. Jon Hay reports.
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Tough legacy mortgage securitizations are resisting the switch away from Libor, as the Financial Conduct Authority calls on issuers to contact investors before the six month deadline hits. A group of mortgage securitizations issued by defaulted Lehman Brothers pre-2008 are seen as particularly high risk.
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As capital markets bankers gradually start to spend more time back in the office, a nuanced debate is playing out over how much flexibility they can expect to enjoy with regard to remote working when pandemic restrictions are finally lifted.
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Orchard Global Asset Management has hired Rachit Prasad as a portfolio manager for its CLO team. Prasad will join after an 11 year stint as an ABS research analyst at Deutsche Bank.
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