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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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Saudi Aramco’s $85bn of orders amassed before US investors even had the chance to buy makes a mockery of the idea that regulation has stopped the inflation of investor orders in bookbuilding.
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The US Securities and Exchange Commission should take the opportunity of errant tweeting from Tesla boss Elon Musk to figure out how it transitions to a more modern way of regulating market communication. -
China has in the past used panda bears for political gestures, loaning the rare creatures to countries with which it wants to forge ties. The bond market named after them looks similarly endangered, while deals priced there are also nothing more than international relations votives.
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The final text of the covered bond directive strikes a balance that provides the flexibility to introduce new assets while defending the product’s credit quality and avoiding potential market disruption.
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Gentlemen’s agreements seem like a quaint idea when billions of dollars are up for grabs, yet, bafflingly, the capital markets continue relying on them. It’s time to stop assuming borrowers will blindly do what financiers want when there is a cheaper, easier or more sensible option for treasuries to take.
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Aramco’s bond prospectus shows many things, but it makes it clear just how thin the rationale for raising the money is. But at least it helps the investment banks.
