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CEO steps down after DWS greenwashing allegations lead to police raid
1 year ago
A tumultuous 24 hours for DWS Group, in which police and regulators raided its office, has been compounded by the resignation of its chief executive officer Asoka Woehrmann on Wednesday morning -
SEC's CDS proposals could impede market rather than help it: Barclays
2 years ago
New rules proposed by the US Securities & Exchange Commissions to tighten oversight of the CDS market could mean big changes for the market and have the effect of sapping activity, warn Barclays credit strategists in a note published on Thursday -
Lev loan index rule change proposed to meet Sofr switch
2 years ago
Leveraged loan index stakeholders are being asked for feedback on a proposal that would allow the inclusion of loans linked to Sofr and scrap a minimum spread rule -
Breakthroughs come thick and fast for Libor alternatives
2 years ago
Momentum has gathered around initiatives to replace Libor in contracts, with CME Group obtaining a regulatory nod on the term Secured Overnight Financing Rate (Sofr) as well as moving to launch interest rate futures based on banks’ short term credit yields -
Fund managers brace for EU’s new sustainability regulations
3 years ago
European fund managers were faced with new environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) regulations in March, which enhance disclosure requirements around sustainability -
Dislocation and costly payment debacle highlight loan tech lag
3 years ago
Coronavirus-led dislocation in the leveraged loan market, as well as a bank’s recent claims of human error in making a large loan payment, underscore the industry’s need to embrace long-overdue efficiency improvements -
Managers face ESG disclosure pressure under ‘ambitious and demanding’ EU regulations
4 years ago
New rules finalised by the European Union will shake up the way managers approach environmental, social and governance investing, sources say. The ambitious initiative is relevant for funds which have a specific ESG mandate — but will also be applicable to firms without an express ESG or sustainability focus. -
Guidelines fail to assuage fears over loose reporting standards
4 years ago
The Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute’s new hedge fund reporting guidelines come into play next year, but some say they fall short of a much-needed overhaul. -
New EC fund rules could lead to ‘pre-pre-marketing’
4 years ago
The European Commission has approved a standardised concept of ‘pre-marketing’ in a move that could see more capital flow through the European Economic Area. The new definition of pre-marketing is meant to provide clarity, but some sources say that the amendments could be seen as an additional burden and lead to a concept of pre-pre-marketing. -
Three "critical safeguards" required for competitive loan syndication, European Commission says
5 years ago
The European Commission has published its final report on European loan syndication and the impact of competition in credit markets, in which it outlines three "critical safeguards" -
Leveraged loans pose credit risk but not systemic risk, conference told
5 years ago
Regulators and the press need to understand the difference between credit risk and systemic risk, claimed panelists at the IMN European CLOs and Leveraged Loans conference -
Behave yourselves: EBA policy advisor warns against misuse of securitisation rules
5 years ago
The European securitisation market has come a long way over the last decade, and the message from one policy advisor is clear – don’t do anything to mess it up. -
US regulation drives insurance money towards credit ETFs
5 years ago
Institutional investors are increasingly allocating to credit exchange-traded funds (ETFs), but their motivations are changing. These vehicles are famed for their liquidity, but several investors are said to be pouring money into them for the long term amid regulatory changes which have made ETF investments more favourable -
LMA seeks no-deal Brexit safety net for European lending
5 years ago
European regulators have voiced concerns about the potential damage a no-deal Brexit scenario would do to the syndicated loan market and the wider European Union economy -
Market favours retrospective over forward-looking approach to Ibor benchmark fallbacks, says Isda
5 years ago
New benchmark fallbacks for derivatives contracts that reference interbank offered rates are likely to be based on the “compounded setting in arrears rate” and the “historical mean/median approach to the spread adjustment”, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association has said -
Regulators suggest clampdown on UK loans
5 years ago
The Bank of England recently raised alarms about the state of the UK leveraged loan market, drawing parallels to the growth of the US sub-prime mortgage market -
UK funds brace themselves against value-for-money ruling
6 years ago
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published its final set of fund governance rules that aim to strengthen the duty of authorised fund managers to their investors. -
Euro loan managers breathe easy as ECB adopts US-style lending guidelines
7 years ago
The ECB has, to some extent, relented and provided loan market participants with a greater degree of flexibility after this morning posting the final guidance for leveraged lending in Europe -
ECB's crackdown on leveraged lending clears the way for direct lenders
7 years ago
Regulator's plans to limit debt to ebitda ratios in loan transactions could drive traffic out of the capital markets and towards lending funds
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