Top Section/Ad
Top Section/Ad
Most recent
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
More articles/Ad
More articles/Ad
More articles
-
Thanks to the unrest in Egypt, political risk is back on the agenda in emerging market loans. Pricing will go up as a result — no bad thing for a loan market desperate to break the cycle of falling margins and fees.
-
Too much of a good thing? With so little senior unsecured and RMBS, the bank finance market is in danger of becoming over-reliant on covered bonds. This could create dangerous imbalances.
-
EuroWeek is now available on your iPad and iPhone. Download it now for free from the iTunes App Store for the latest news, comment, deal analysis and market data across the key regions and sectors of the global capital markets.
-
Cash prices in Northern Rock’s Granite senior bonds passed 94 this week — the highest level since the trust breached the non-asset trigger on the bonds. Another symbolic recovery milestone, but it does more for short term sentiment than long term sustainability.
-
The MTN and commercial paper markets often reveal trends that public markets later pick up. The recent renaissance by Iberian credits in MTNs and CP bodes well for the peripheral public debt markets.
-
Despite several deals in the SSA sector in January being complete blowouts, the pricing and maturities being issued in SSA bond markets betrays an underlying nervousness.