Strategic prospects in a competitive environment
Speech of Giuseppe Zadra, General manager of the Italian Banking Association
UBS - The Italian financial services conference 2008
(31 January 2008)
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Collateral and settlement finality directive
ABI welcome the intention of the EU Commission to update the two directives, even if some doubts persist on a few specifics and technical points. Positive is the suggestion to widening the system’s protection of the settlement finality directive to night-time settlement and to regulate the interoperability of the connected systems.
As regards the collateral directive, ABI underlines that the introduction of the credit claims, that could be used as collateral within the European legal framework, constitutes a modification considerably expected by the European banks. In the other, the Italian banking association considers unclear the EU Commission’s formulation of the applicable field of the directive.
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Cebs draft proposal for a common EU definition of Tier 1 hybrids
ABI underlines that the CEBS proposal create a principle-based framework which would allow member States the flexibility to interpret the spirit of the principals in line with any specific concerns they may have with their domestic legal and regulatory regime. The current draft proposal contains a level of detail that raises a number of concerns in certain juristidctions and, despite the general aim to align and facilitate the issue of hybrid securities, as currently drafted, could even hinder the issue.
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