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Banking & Finance weekly highlights—26 October 2017

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Published on: 26 October 2017

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Brexit
LMA urges the need for transitional arrangements for loan market after Brexit
EU looks to safeguard Emissions Trading System post-Brexit
Lending
LMA finds ‘considerable variances’ in secondary markets
VR Global Partners, L.P. v Exotix Partners LLP
Debt capital markets
Progress in making China’s domestic bond markets accessible to international issuers
Derivatives
Latest ECB survey shows little change in credit terms for euro securities financing and OTC derivatives

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Article summary

This week’s edition of Banking & Finance highlights includes the LMA urging the need for, and importance of transitional arrangements for the loan market after Brexit, the European Commission assessing the need for regulatory action on securities financing transactions and news analysis on calculating statutory interest following administration in the Burlington v Lomas case.

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