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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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Insurance companies taking leveraged loan exposure through open ended funds, rather than CLOs, should cause alarm. Given the liquidity risk inherent in the structures, regulators ought to be watchful. -
If banks have learnt one lesson from Brexit it is that hiding during debates over the UK economy does not result in their desired outcome. Now with freedom of movement under attack, the time has come to speak out.
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Efforts to paint the European ABS market as a simple, bank dominated funding tool to charm nervy rule makers underplay the importance of the market for complex, bespoke deals for private equity firms. Each sort has its merits.
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Moody’s move to junk Turkey's rating last Friday was met with howls of disdain from investors after they believed the agency had hinted there would be no downgrade. But no diligent fund manager should be moving positions based on a throwaway comment from a single analyst.
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Deutsche Bank is not simply too big to fail, it is too big to function. It's time to shrink.
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The aftermath of the UK’s decision to leave the European Union has been an uneasy calm. Inflation is at a 20 month high of 0.6%, unemployment is at a post-crisis low, and consumer spending is robust. But then of course, nothing has happened yet.
