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On December 30, when most investors were on holiday, Credit Suisse changed the terms of its existing covered bonds from a hard to a soft bullet maturity with the approval of just a few investors. Other issuers looking to change the terms of existing deals should be more upfront about liability management exercises that could put investors at a disadvantage.
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Mention “Basel capital charges” to someone in the securitization business and prepare for a shudder — the industry has had to swallow new rules every year for three years, and costs could still cripple the market. But help could be at hand from another set of Basel rules.
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It has barely started, but the new year is already gearing up to be a challenging one for Asian high yield corporates thanks to a high profile default by China’s Kaisa Group Holding and the looming prospect of rate rises. With local markets looking tougher, it’s time for issuers to start broadening their investor base and consider 144A deals. -
The inconvenient truth about credit ratings is that they are one of the least bad options for measuring credit risk. Basel’s latest proposal to write the agencies out of regulation will simply introduce new problems.
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If you take a look at the volumes of bank capital sold in 2014 it’s hard not be impressed. Looking at volumes alone, you’d think the year had been an unqualified success. But bank treasurers should learn a few lessons ahead of January.
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Even if you have never sailed a boat through a storm, avoiding a potential one is the obvious choice. But investors in the European bond markets have been sailing into storms they knew were coming all year.
