• FTT shouldn’t hamper monetary policy transmission
  • ECB shares only some objectives of FTT
  • Banking union should facilitate monetary policy transmission
  • Banking union remains open to all EU members
  • Data applied to all ABS should be improved
  • Calls for revised rules on SMe securitisation

Yves Mersch speaking at a conference in Luxembourg. Hopefully the push for the FTT will see increased business coming into the UK from Europe, unless our saps give in and run with it too.