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Covered bonds might be in for their biggest ratings shake-up over the next year. The result could be the loss of many traditional investors, but others will step in to take up the slack.
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Contingent capital might seem like a clever tool for corporate borrowers to increase the equity credit of their hybrid securities. But investors should not get too excited: it's not time to set up that dedicated fund yet.
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The Chinese government is making the right move by auctioning Rmb20bn ($3.13bn) of offshore renminbi bonds this week, creating a curve in the nascent market. But poor liquidity means it could be several years before the government can really set a liquid benchmark for bankers to use when pricing deals. Coming to market more often would help.
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Peripheral banks are struggling to tap markets, but a supranational guarantee scheme is not the easy solution it might appear to be.
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We ought by now to expect eurozone leaders to avoid tough decisions. So the buy and sell sides should get used to a world where crisis is the norm, and get on with doing some business. Lots of credits are still good credits: one shouldn't let an inhospitable market interfere.
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The post-summer period will mark the biggest test of Europe's high-yield market since the financial crisis of 2008. If deals get done, talk of its growing maturity will have been well-founded. If not, its fragility will have been exposed.