ECB buying set to distort market and alienate buyers

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ECB buying set to distort market and alienate buyers

The European Central Bank bought more than €50bn of covered bonds in the first four months its third covered bond purchase programme (CBPP3). It now owns over 13% of the benchmark CBPP3 eligible market and could end up owning nearly 40% by September 2016.

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