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Regulators nervous about the perils of private credit should reflect on their own role restraining bank lending while pushing insurers into private markets
The Fairbridge 2025-1 transaction is a huge leap in the right direction for bringing the asset class to the public RMBS market
As thrilling as last week's Reverse Yankee-led corporate bond fest in Europe may have been, it did not confirm the market has matured to its magnificent final form
Greater competition may already be paying dividends
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Green Schuldscheine have been a peripheral feature of the market for the past three years but this seems to be changing, with a billion plus transaction from Porsche and a sustainability linked note from Durr stirring investors into a frenzy. This green turn could have more of an impact for short term market growth than the odd non-European borrower tapping the market. -
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is being accused of negligence and a laissez-fair attitude in relation to the collapse of several funds. The irony is that in a different but less well-publicised area it is far from lax: it has undoubtedly tightened the screws on bankers gone bad.
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One of the biggest, if not the biggest problems facing borrowers in the move away from Libor is a mathematical one. Everyone agrees coupons based on the new risk-free rates should be compounded. But no one can agree on how to do the compounding. Central banks could solve this at a stroke.
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UBS and Citi trader Tom Hayes was jailed for 11 years for manipulating Libor. But while the trader argued that he was made a scapegoat for the financial crisis, perhaps the rate he rigged is a bigger victim.
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Ukraine’s GDP warrants are trading around a cash price of 85. That is way below JP Morgan's view that fair value is closer to 135. No matter the new, surprisingly positive GDP growth forecasts and enthusiasm for the country’s new leadership, from the trading numbers it seems clear that investors do not believe they will get their money from Ukraine.
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Populism and economic change are melting down old idols. When the next crisis comes, new fiscal and monetary tools will be used — including helicopter money.
