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How do you solve a problem like bonuses? The UK’s Financial Services Authority has put forward some sensible principles but it has an almost impossible job, writes Gary Jenkins. A faster jobs merry-go-round could be just one of the unintended consequences of its attempts to tie pay-outs to risk taking.
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Taxpayer insurance for ring-fenced assets helped some of the most troubled UK and US banks make it through the financial crisis. Details released in the last week show the huge difference in taxpayer value between the two countries and demonstrate the importance of governments taking steps to avoiding ever again negotiating at a time of crisis.
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Pricing in the loan market appears to have hit a ceiling for Europe’s best-rated borrowers, and has at last begun to fall. Though that might make loans bankers squeal, it’s a necessary step as lenders try to take back business from the bond market.
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Frustrated investors in commercial mortgage backed securities are starting to throw their weight around but their threats of action are likely to have a greater effect than taking action.
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Asset-backed commercial paper structurers and dealers were largely dismissive of the Bank of England’s move to start buying the product this week. But compared to a similar scheme to buy short-term UK corporate debt, this programme could do some good, and certainly shouldn’t do much harm.
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Zurich Finance priced a callable lower tier two deal last week in yet another encouraging sign that the once-moribund subordinated market is returning to health. But while undoubtedly a positive development, dated callable deals are more likely to be museum pieces than everyday flow.