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Regulators nervous about the perils of private credit should reflect on their own role restraining bank lending while pushing insurers into private markets
The Fairbridge 2025-1 transaction is a huge leap in the right direction for bringing the asset class to the public RMBS market
As thrilling as last week's Reverse Yankee-led corporate bond fest in Europe may have been, it did not confirm the market has matured to its magnificent final form
Greater competition may already be paying dividends
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As inflation indicators across the globe begin to point to a period of sustained growth, equity investors have fretted over where to put their money instead of tech stocks, whose valuations have reached gargantuan multiples. There is a compelling argument to be made for rotating into Greece, specifically its banks, which will have to finance a new wave of economic growth. -
Foreign ownership of Chinese domestic bonds has hit an all-time high of over Rmb3.6tr ($562bn) — an impressive number but one that warrants a much closer look.
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The US Federal Reserve’s market liquidity measures have provided the fuel that has propelled stock markets to new highs. But its core mandate is to fight inflation and unemployment, not to line the pockets of stock investors. If the central bank is wrong about the “transitory” nature of the recent spike in inflation, then it must act.
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Long call periods are now an established feature in bank capital products, but the benefits should also apply to the senior market, particularly when it comes to riskier borrowers beginning their MREL journeys.
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Securitization investors are divided over whether to open up their ESG portfolios to mortgage-backed securities that are marketed as virtuous because of their socially beneficial use of proceeds, as opposed to their green collateral. Issuer transparency will be essential if this burgeoning market is to thrive.
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David Cameron’s involvement with Greensill Capital blew a financial scandal into a political crisis, as details emerged of the close contacts between the company, civil servants, ministers and the British establishment. Last week, UK lawmakers had their chance to grill Cameron directly, in a session which can’t have been too comfortable. But amid the self-exculpation, the ex-Prime Minister had a couple of good points.
