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The successful sale of Commerzbank’s SME-backed covered bond leaves the securitisation market looking precariously redundant, despite its claims that it holds the key to stimulating credit and growth in Europe.
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The Italian general election has given investors an expensive lesson. Opinion polls, exit data and other arcane measures are no longer enough to guess which way the political wind is blowing.
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Fiasco, the Italian word used in several European languages to describe a chaotic failure, seems an apt description for the Italian elections. Uncertainty in Italy is one thing, but in this crisis, it’s the contagion that counts.
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India’s government plans to open up its banking system, granting licences to a swathe of privately-owned banks in an attempt to boost lending in rural areas. This is a good plan, but it would be even better if regulators kick-started a domestic securitisation market at the same time.
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European leveraged loan investors are revolting — resisting margin reduction requests for Iceland and Global Blue and winning concessions. But rather than suggesting that this is symptomatic of a failing product, the amendments won by the buyside actually illustrate the health of the leveraged loan market. And just in time, as the forthcoming Heinz deal means that the sector is facing its greatest challenge in years.
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Demand among Asian private bank investors for subordinated debt from both European FIG issuers and domestic names has been under pressure. As Aberdeen Asset Management meets those investors in advance of a potential Reg S perpetual transaction, it must get its message right and think carefully about execution.