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The new European Secured Note market is keen to secure regulatory recognition for the new product but there are advantages to not having it
The possible further internationalisation of the covered bond market will present challenges as well as opportunities
Record-tight dollar spreads flatter public sector borrowers — and flag a deeper unease about the benchmark itself
If it looks like a covered bond, acts like a covered bond and prices like a covered bond, then it probably should be treated like one
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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. -
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.
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Despite the low volatility the corporate bond market has been experiencing for months there can still be fluctuations in new issue premiums and pauses after a sudden rush of issuance. However, the current flow of long lost issuers is helping iron out the bumps.
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We would all like to believe green bonds are helping cut carbon, but if banks don’t change their lending policies, they only serve to make us feel good.
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President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker’s address on the state of the EU proposed more Europe as a remedy for most of what ails the bloc. A European finance minister, European Monetary Fund, and a tighter decision making system should give the Union a clearer direction. Maybe — but then he would say that.
