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The public bond market needs a Gulf reopener with transparent pricing
Turbulent market conditions of the Middle East war have pushed bond issuers and investors to try new things
A swift response is tempting, but lenders should avoid kneejerk reaction
Talk of de-dollarisation has evaporated. The dollar market remains the undisputed king of financing
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The ECB is going to be the only bank that grows this year. It therefore needs to start acting like one. That means getting its vast warehouse of repo collateral back out to a market that desperately needs it.
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Investment bankers at RBS might once have been able to argue that building a global investment bank was the best deal for taxpayers. Not any more. In the current climate, ditching that ambition is the right thing to do.
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The Basel Committee is right to warn local regulators about capital relief deals that seek to game the system. But more transparency in the market would be a big step towards safety, without restricting legitimate risk transfer.
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The ring-fencing of investment banks from retail lenders is a pivotal moment for the UK’s financial services industry. The measures will help appease the public, but unless investors and issuers are given certainty about how bail-in will be implemented, funding markets will remain closed.
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US private placements are thriving. Combining many virtues of bond buyers and banks, the investors will listen to credit stories the mainstream market won’t touch. If only some of this common sense would rub off on the public bond market.
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It has been a difficult end to the year for Asian capital markets bankers, but they can look forward to buoyant market conditions over the next few years. Global banks will continue their scramble for Asian business, so it is high time that local banks strengthened their own teams.