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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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The European Commission says that Apple owes Ireland €13bn in back taxes — a figure that would more than cover the sovereign’s funding target for the year.
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It’s hard to shed too many tears when a leveraged private equity company with stacks of non-recourse debt transforms into a respectable listed investment grade corporate, with the attendant switch from mammoth securitization financings to regular unsecured vanilla bonds. But monetary policy is now systematically pushing in this direction.
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Amid much turmoil over whether Portugal will lose the one investment grade rating that is keeping it on the European Central Bank’s shopping list, no one is asking a vital question. -
EM bonds are the must-have item of 2016 — an oasis in a yield-less desert. Record investor inflows are fuelling rising asset prices. It will not last forever, so borrowers should take advantage.
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Recent signals from European regulators over the treatment of additional tier one coupons are great for bank debt investors, but a softer approach may also open up the market to unfamiliar faces.
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It is a neat irony that, following the UK’s vote to leave Europe, the sterling bond market is starting to look more and more European.
