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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. -
The Single Resolution Board has argued in favour of using contractual guarantees to establish how parent banks will deal with losses at their subsidiaries, suggesting the approach could offer a neater solution for internal bank capital arrangements.
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Consultancy firm Oliver Wyman said in a report this week that European banks will face a delayed credit impact from the coronavirus pandemic if they fail to unwind emergency government support measures properly.
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NatWest Markets has created a new climate and environmental, social and governance (ESG) capital markets team, which will be led by Caroline Haas.
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Eight years after publishing its first consultation paper the Spanish Treasury has set out its hotly anticipated draft covered bond law which market participants greeted enthusiastically, largely because it comprehensively addresses all the main features of the EU’s Covered Bond Directive. However, it contained a number of surprising and potentially contentious proposals.
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The blockchain firsts in capital markets are coming quickly. DZ Bank is marketing a corporate Schuldschein that will run back office functions on a blockchain for the entire duration of the trade — the first time this has been done — while Société Générale’s subsidiary Forge is working on various permutations of trades to be issued using this form of distributed ledger technology. While blockchain tech is still in its infancy, it is set to disrupt capital markets, creating winners and losers.
