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At first glance the flurry of Italian banks entering the capital markets — including such unfamiliar names as Banca Popolare Dell’alto Adige (BPAA) and Banca Sistema — is an indication that international investors will lap up the debt of Italian minnows just as readily as they do for larger lenders in other peripheral Eurozone countries. -
There was a time, not so very long ago, when a ‘yes’ vote in a secession referendum in the most prosperous region of the eurozone’s fastest growing economy might have sparked some concerns. Those days appear to be behind us.
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“Phew, you scared us there!” sums up the reaction of Europe’s equity capital market on Thursday, when Pirelli’s monster truck of an IPO, which had sagged by 2.8% from its launch price on its first morning of trading, perked up and began climbing as it ought.
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The European Commission appears to be pushing ahead with plans to launch sovereign bond-backed securities, according to a draft document seen by GlobalCapital. While the intentions behind the product are noble, this is the wrong way to fix the eurozone’s sovereign-bank nexus.
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This week’s slate of covered bonds saw record after record broken — a mania that was evident across the whole FIG sector. With European rates set to remain at their lows throughout next year and the macroeconomic backdrop continuing to improve, it is difficult to see what could spoil the party.
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Last Friday saw GlobalCapital launch our new twice-weekly email round-up of SRI and green finance news. Everywhere you turn in the bond markets, every bank or investor you speak to, it doesn’t take long before green bonds are mentioned.
