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The long awaited student loan securitization from the UK Department for Education might be the closest structured finance investors get to being able to bet on the economic effects of the country's exit from the European Union. -
Investors in South African bonds have bought on the dip because, even as the country’s economic outlook deteriorates, the only way for bonds is up. But positive reinforcement of the country’s poor governance and deteriorating economy reduces the incentive to reform and only postpones what will be a bigger investor stampede for the exit when the time comes.
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Once regarded as silent and mysterious, in recent years central banks have done everything to explain their decisions and intentions. Now they face a new challenge: working out how to talk to robots.
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A European Commission study has confirmed what every corporate bond market participant already knew was true — the market has a liquidity problem. Everyone is responsible, the EC says, but no one has any incentive to fix the problem. They need to pull together to improve liquidity while there is time.
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Benchmark bonds have always been the business end of the SSA fee scale, with banks providing arbitrage trades for little to no return — or even at a cost — in the hope of reaping the rewards later with a big mandate. But it might be time to change the model so that intermediaries are paid for the job done. Perhaps surprisingly, some issuers agree.
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An absence of domestic German and Austrian blue chip firms from the Schudschein market, in a year when it is set to top last year’s record volumes, is a testament to its strength.
