Covered bond transparency fails EU standards
Covered bond national transparency templates do not comply with standards in the EU’s Capital Requirements Regulation, according to Barclays covered bond research, despite improvements in disclosure. If covered bonds do not meet this standard, bank investors cannot apply preferential risk weights, boosting the cost of holding covered bonds.
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