Basel LCR changes confuse market with lower rated covered treatment

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Basel LCR changes confuse market with lower rated covered treatment

The Basel Committee for Banking Supervision’s decision to expand the range of assets banks can hold in their liquidity coverage ratio (LCR) has split the covered bond market over what will happen to bonds rated lower than AA-.

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