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  • Al Rayan Bank has started marketing Tolkien Funding Sukuk No. 1, the first UK RMBS issue to be structured on Islamic finance principles. Islamic banks can’t access central bank facilities which means the wholesale markets are fuelling the firm’s ambitious expansion plans, writes Owen Sanderson.
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    The European Commission is being advised to set up a comprehensive Sustainability Taxonomy by 2020 to guide investment decisions towards a greener economy, and to develop an official EU Green Bond Standard. These are key recommendations of its High Level Expert Group on Sustainable Finance, according to a leaked draft copy of its report seen by GlobalCapital.
  • The European Investment Fund has completed a programme of synthetic securitizations in Italy, offering capital relief to five of the country’s lenders in return for cheaper lending in southern Italy.
  • BNP Paribas Asset Management has hired Axa IM's Michel Fryszman as head of structured finance.
  • Deutsche Bank has hired Asif Karmally from Goldman Sachs to work in its financial solutions group in the Middle East.
  • Mick Mulvaney, acting director of the Consumer Protection Financial Bureau (CFPB), explicitly laid out a new “mission” for the agency in an email addressed to employees at the bureau this week, calling for less regulation by enforcement for financial services companies.
  • US credit manager CIFC has hired Citi’s former global head of CLO trading as a senior portfolio manager in structured products.
  • As London waits to see the Brexit deal that emerges for the UK’s financial services industry, one small part of the sector has quietly received a big legal boost.
  • Mick Mulvaney, the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), announced a wave of changes to rules overseen by the agency this week, including a potential revision of the Payday Rule, in addition to seeking public input on the agency’s operations.