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The European Central Bank needs to give Europe's regions clarity on whether it will buy their bonds. Delaying the decision costs the central bank credibility, leaves the regions in a damaging limbo, and hurts those issuers that tend to print private deals. -
Poland’s new euro denominated dual tranche bond slumped after pricing. But one bad bond should not put off other issuers. There are plenty of reasons why CEEMEA trades should work — if bankers do their part.
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Latin American bond bankers are already down in the dumps about a bare January pipeline, and a tough first week of trading in global markets has done little to lighten their mood. But this should not make Lat Am borrowers hesitate once they are ready for market: conditions are unlikely to get better.
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The green bond wave is set to rise higher in 2016 but, as before, most of the deals will not help the environment much. One bond that did was sold in the closing days of 2015 — but such deals are still bought only by a small fraction of investors.
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The principle of pari-passu among bondholders lays dead and buried. The Bank of Portugal’s decision to select only five of Novo Banco’s 52 senior bonds for bail-in last week has established a new precedent for bank resolutions, and what a fine mess it has created.
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The green bond wave is set to rise higher in 2016, but as before, most of the deals will not help the environment much. One bond that did was sold in the closing days of 2015 — but such deals are still bought only by a small fraction of investors.
