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A slew of downgrades could result from the latest EC proposals to reform the EU resolution framework, while smaller and medium-sized banks could approach the capital markets for MREL issuance. However, with national ...

CMDI proposals could prompt downgrades, MREL supply, but tough discussions ahead

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With the new year approaching, Crédit Agricole CIB invited investors to a roundtable in Paris on 1 December to discuss how 2022 played out and what they expect for the primary FIG market in 2023. What monetary policies can ...

Normalisation of monetary policies: How will the primary FIG bond market be impacted in 2023?

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IFRS 17 and a revised S&P model are among challenges the insurance sector will have to tackle this year, even if they have weathered the Covid-19 pandemic well. ESG is meanwhile rising up the agenda, and the interest ...

Insurance outlook 2022: industry ‘well placed’ to face regulatory, rating challenges

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Main Street and Wall Street may have reconnected at a bullish juncture lately, but amid supply chain struggles, a spike in inflation has fuelled rates volatility and the latest from Fed chair Powell is that tapering may be ...

2022: Positives eyed despite inflation, Covid risks

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On 24 June, the European Banking Authority published an updated AT1 monitoring report highlighting its considerations regarding the use of ESG bonds for own funds and eligible liabilities. At a CACIB event, Delphine ...

Bank ESG Capital: The EBA perspective

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Vaccines look set to offer the world a way out of the pandemic, but the damage wrought by Covid-19 should ensure monetary and fiscal support persist. How will banks and AT1 fare in light of this and the regulatory response ...

2021: A new hope

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Crédit Agricole CIB hosted a web conference themed “Banking turbulences in a Covid world: the regulatory angle”, with delegates hearing from European Central Bank (ECB) supervisory board member Edouard Fernandez-Bollo, ...

Banking turbulences in a Covid world: ECB, SRB & EBA on supervisory priorities

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Insurers have weathered the initial impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, but second round effects could put pressure on solvency ratios. Neil Day surveys the industry’s health, with insights from Crédit Agricole CIB’s ...

Insurers pass initial test of resilience, but unknowns could impact solvency ratios

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Financial markets’ capitulation in the face of the coronavirus has proven a reality check for the Additional Tier 1 market, with prices collapsing after a booming start to the year. Here, issuers, investors and Crédit ...

AT1: Reality check

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