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Covered bond issuers have been reluctant to issue on the same day as a central bank announcement, but this is starting to change
Markets are looking to the authorities to simplify blockchain issues, but they may not have the purest motives
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
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Bankers around Europe are breathing easier on news that Geert Wilders will not be forming part of the next Dutch government. But why? -
Investment grade companies seeking bridge loans are sitting pretty. Banks have not lent at lower rates for decades, and there is little room for margins to go lower.
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If there was ever an idea whose time has come, it is green securitization. Action to green the economy is super-urgent, and progress so far has been worryingly slow.
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Syndicate bankers often joke that Brazil issuing is a sign that it’s time to sell Latin American bonds, and a sell-off indeed began this week just as the sovereign was pricing its latest deal. But market jitters should not distract from an improving picture in the country.
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The European Central Bank, after two years spent rewriting the central banker’s rule book doing “whatever it takes” to drive up inflation, is now in the tricky position of maybe having overshot. But while tapering QE is already on the cards, the biggest threat to the cost of debt in the eurozone for many years is closer than ever.
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One big strength of the Schuldschein (SSD) market could become its weakness.
