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Lexis®PSL Banking & Finance weekly highlights—18 December 2014

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Published on: 18 December 2014

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Table of contents

Headlines (News updates & analysis)
Debt capital markets
Derivatives
Banking regulation
Relevant updates from other practice areas
Cases
Lending
Asset finance
Breach of contract

Article summary

Welcome to the weekly Banking & Finance highlights from the Lexis®PSL Banking & Finance team for the week ending 18 December 2014. This week’s edition of Banking & Finance highlights includes (1) Scottish government gets power to issue bonds, (2) ESMA investigates structured finance ratings of credit rating agencies, (3) DerivatiViews discusses the highlights of ISDA’s paper on principles of CCP recovery, (4) Basel committee issues revisions to Basel II securitisation framework, (5) useful information from the Lexis®PSL Restructuring & Insolvency and Financial Services teams, and (6) a full list of cases reported by Lexis®PSL Banking & Finance team this week

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