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Much of the UK media just cannot leave the prospect of an uncovered — or, to use the common but incorrect parlance, “failed” — sovereign debt auction alone. Even when the UK Debt Management Office introduces a new mechanism to improve price discovery, stories are littered with references to boosting demand.
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Public outrage around tax avoidance, set ablaze by the Luxembourg Leaks last year and now superheated by the recent “Panama Papers”, is becoming visceral. And public disgust is a pretty reliable leading indicator of big trouble for banks.
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It goes without saying that things have not gone according to plan for Asia’s equity capital markets this past quarter. The numbers are sobering and the reality is that ECM has seen some fundamental shifts as deal origination and execution become more non-traditional. But that does not have to be a bad thing. -
Consolidation has been a perennial theme in Italian finance, but the country has little to show for it. This time is different.
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Covered bonds have had a great start to 2016, in terms of supply, spread performance, and participation in the market from real money investors, but this trend is unlikely to hold. Central bank action, once again, will corrode the market from both supply and demand sides.
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The endgame for the Basel Committee’s new credit risk rules is to get rid of internal models, but it just can’t get there yet.
