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Looking for a present for the bond geek in your life? Maybe YOU are the bond geek in someone else’s life. Either way, a copy of Chris O’Malley’s history of the bond market, Bonds Without Borders: A History of the Eurobond Market, is a worthy addition to the Christmas stocking.
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Dollar issuance from sovereign, supranational and agency borrowers is set to be a big theme next year as a negative euro/dollar basis swap, plus low rates in euros, encourages euro-funders to look across the Atlantic. But market participants should be prepared for a rough ride in a market which will remain vulnerable to volatility.
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Securitization has come a long way in the past two years, not least in the minds of regulators. But the industry needs to start managing expectations. It is not going to solve Europe's problems on its own.
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Even if you’ve 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.
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In a bid to support the weakened rouble, the Central Bank of Russia surprised the market on Monday night, hiking its main policy rate by 650bp to 17%. But the move has failed and has only served to demonstrate that even Russia’s hardiest investors have finally given up.
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China Petrochemical Development Corp (CPDC) issued a convertible bond last week that was backed by not one but two SBLCs — allowing the company to join a very small list of issuers that have used unusual structures this year to pull off successful deals. The success of transactions with new features this year shows Asia needs more innovation if it wants to develop its equity-linked market
