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DZ Bank ended a lull in Swiss franc bond issuance on Wednesday, selling a 10 year tier two deal. Zurich based syndicate bankers expect that August will be quiet aside from sporadic activity from frequent issuers, but DZ Bank was willing to respond to reverse inquiry to the lead manager.
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Most European investors believe that the European Union’s plans for banking union within the single market will not reduce default risk for its banks, according to research by Fitch Ratings. The results of the survey highlight the conflicting effects of banking union on the risks involved in buying bank debt, said the agency. -
DZ Bank ended a lull in Swiss franc bond issuance on Wednesday, selling a 10 year tier two deal. Zurich based syndicate bankers expect that August will be quiet aside from sporadic activity from frequent issuers, but DZ Bank was willing to respond to reverse inquiry to the lead manager.
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A smattering of issues this week showed it is possible for covered bond issuers to price publicly syndicated deals at the height of summer. Activity is more pedestrian in other FIG markets as Europe’s lenders continue to report second quarter results, with many posting more satisfying numbers than this time last year.
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Variations in banks' internal methods of assessing risk weights and expected losses are still vexing the European Banking Authority (EBA). Six months after publishing a report that said that half of the difference between banks' RWAs could be down to such variations, the EBA has now asked banks to apply their models to a hypothetical portfolio of debt — and has found similar problems.
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The UK’s Prudential Regulation Authority has called on the country’s banks to stick to the spirit of the European Capital Requirements Directive package by using easily understandable regulatory capital structures. But at the same time, it recommended that banks comply with its own vision for additional tier one securities, which goes over and above the European regulations.
