Abenomics may force SSA hand in CSA debate

Bankers have lobbied supranational and agency borrowers for years to sign two-way Credit Support Annexes (CSAs) to overcome the ramping up of new issue swap hedging costs on primary bond business. It is a cost that has had senior SSA bankers fearing for the very life of the SSA bond business. But now the forces of Abenomics acting upon Japanese investor habits may drive borrowers to reconsider their swap arrangements putting to bed one of the longest running and fiercest debates in capital markets.