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Consolidation has been a perennial theme in Italian finance, but the country has little to show for it. This time is different. -
Credit Suisse’s operational risk bond is a beautiful piece of financial engineering — an elegant demonstration that where there’s a buyer or seller, there’s a capital markets solution to a problem. But actually, what it demonstrates is the absurdity of operational risk rules.
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The inevitable set of quarter end data is set to arrive as March winds down. While G3 bond volumes from southeast Asia will be disappointing, there are plenty of other reasons to be positive.
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Regulations that have heavily favoured covered bonds over the European securitization market and that have little foundation in prudential risk are storing problems for the future. A report published on Tuesday by the Dutch central bank illustrating the regulatory mauling of the securitization market shows that nothing has changed.
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For most of the investment bank revamps and restructuring from 2009-2014, little changed. Headcount was flat or up from 2009-2011, trending down only afterwards. For every market which was dead post-crisis, there was another which was booming. But this time it’s different; the two decade investment banking boom is over.
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Adding retail investors to the buyer base of subordinated bank debt, as was suggested to the European Parliament this week, wouldn’t be nearly enough to make the Bank Resolution and Recovery Directive (BRRD) a workable, practical resolution framework. If retail are going to be allowed into the market, it shouldn’t be because their lack of expertise makes them a good foundation for a stable financial system.
