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Sovereign and corporate debt has rocketed during the coronavirus pandemic, as liquidity became the essential plaster to cover the almost overnight collapse in consumer spending. European treasurers might be tempted to spend 2021 shying away from the bond market and licking their wounds. This is the wrong choice. -
Too many Chinese investors focus on the originator more than the asset pool. That undermines one of the crucial purposes of securitization.
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There are a lot of positive things to say about the European Union’s draft Taxonomy of Sustainable Economic Activities, but as far as buildings are concerned, its aims are too ambitious. Without a last minute reprieve, it risks killing the nascent market for green wholesale property finance.
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A rotation into some cyclical stocks has lifted equity markets of late. But investor returns overall are still heavily reliant on a small basket of tech stocks with sky high valuations and any retreat from these names in a hurry could prompt a stock market rout.
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Taiwan’s Ministry of Finance has reportedly asked state-owned banks to take six steps to avoid lending to companies that will end up defaulting. Some of these steps are obvious, others are impractical — and all of them are unnecessary.
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An ESG framework for the European securitization market is a noble aim but the middle of this pandemic is not the time to implement it. The European Parliament needs to take its time and make sure such a regime is built to last, and not throw it in alongside emergency legislation.
