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Only four member states have transposed the EU’s Covered Bond Directive into national law on time. As seven are nearly there, the other 16 members will have to work hard to meet the July 2022 deadline for implementation, after which the European Commission could activate infringement procedures. -
Georgia has become the latest country to signal its intention to develop a covered bond law, though given the small size of its mortgage market, issuance prospects are likely to prove limited.
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The Financial Stability Board has this week recommended that further analysis be carried out to assess how bank capital buffers should work after the coronavirus pandemic. It will set out its next steps in another report in October.
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The Bank of England said on Tuesday that large UK lenders will now be able to reward their shareholders as they see fit, after the sector showed it was strong enough to withstand a sharp turnaround in economic conditions via an interim series of stress test results. The move sets the tone for a similar decision on capital in the EU later this month.
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Covered bond and SSA research analysts at Société Générale are set to leave the bank for other firms later this year.
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The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has completed a report looking at lessons learned from the coronavirus pandemic, but it has stopped short of recommending any changes to the regulatory capital framework.
