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Lexis®PSL Banking & Finance weekly highlights—16 July 2015

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Published on: 16 July 2015

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Welcome to the weekly Banking & Finance highlights from the Lexis®PSL Banking & Finance team for the week ending 16 July. This week’s edition of Banking & Finance highlights includes: (1) analysis of the causes and impact of the recent Chinese stock market crisis; (2) views on the current state of the loan markets in Russia; (3) Sustainable Energy for All reports on ways to raise investment in sustainable energy; (4) EC consults on its Export Control Policy Review; (5) UNCITRAL endorses the Hague Principles on Choice of Law in International Commercial Contracts; (6) UK Export Finance widens availability of its export working capital product; (7) ESMA publishes guidance on priorities for Capital Markets Union; (8) CPMI and IOSCO begin Level 3 assessment of the Principles for Financial Market Infrastructures; (9) FCA replies to feedback on its new competition enforcement powers; (10) EBA sets out key features of EU-wide stress test; (11) EC consults on impact of CRR and CRD IV on...

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