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The European Central Bank (ECB) and the European Commission (EC) delivered a double whammy of non-performing loan (NPL) action this week, laying out how to amend bank capital rules to better deal with the problem and explaining how supervisors would treat loans going bad in future. Passing a credible package to deal with NPLs is a crucial step in getting northern member states comfortable with a full Banking Union. -
Citi has recombined its European structured finance syndicate operation under Laura Coady, who becomes head of EMEA structured finance syndicate as well as keeping her existing role as head of Citi’s European primary CLO business. Garo Torossian, formerly head of EMEA residential mortgage distribution, joins Coady on the newly formed desk.
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A Washington supranational has added a capital markets veteran to its funding team.
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The ECB has published an addendum to serve as guidance for all future non-performing loans. The measure is non-binding and will serve as the basis for dialogue between the ECB and the banks it regulates directly.
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The European Commission has proposed a package of measures to tackle the European conundrum of non-performing loans; it includes a mandatory level of how banks must provision against these loans and their new EC determined definition.
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The US arm of UK online small business lender Funding Circle has tapped PayPal’s Bernardo Martinez for US managing director.
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Online small business lender OnDeck announced that Ken Brause will be taking over as chief financial officer effective March 26.
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The European Commission’s Sustainable Finance Action Plan, announced on March 8, involves no less than 10 different workstreams, covering a wide range of the ideas put forward by the High Level Expert Group on Sustainable Finance, which held a one year inquiry for the European Commission during 2017.
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The EU’s lenient treatment of the IFRS 9 accounting rules has opened a loophole for Italian banks — allowing them to push through punishing provisions on their NPL portfolios, but wish away the impact on their regulatory capital — which could save the weakest banks from turning to shareholders for more cash, and speed up portfolio sales.
