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By common consent, the best bit about the EBA stress tests was the level of disclosure they provided. Why has this been so hard to do? Even if Europe pulls back from the brink this week or this month, banks should start planning for a permanently tougher market.
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We all know about the healing power of laughter, but it's worth also remembering what music can do. With that in mind, EuroWeek offers the market this variant of a favourite Christmas carol, updated for our times.
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With a week to go until the European Commission unveils its interpretation of Basel III, there is still everything to play for. The ABS market needs to tear its eyes from the terror in the eurozone periphery and kick down a few doors in Brussels.
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The true horror of the sovereign crisis has finally been exposed. European leaders have made out that they were administering a minor nip and tuck. Instead they have presided over a botched vivisection and their patient, European sovereign finance, is now in critical condition. Yet there is no sign that they have the means to dispense a cure.
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It’s the job of capital markets intermediaries to foster trust between buyers and sellers — sadly lacking in recent European IPOs. So, well done to Bank of America Merrill Lynch for sticking its neck out and making public proposals to improve the tone of market debate.
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Liquidity in leveraged loans has become scarce. A temporary solution in the form of prepayments to CLOs may be only months away, but a timely reminder has arrived that leveraged loans are only living thanks to a diet of existing liquidity from the pre-crisis years. Market participants should not panic, but complacency could be fatal.