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The necessity of clauses that help developing countries recover from catastrophes is getting more acute
Data-deprived markets should give the shutdown the attention it deserves
Triple-C loan pricing has been shunted wider while the true credit quality of loans trading at par is obscured
Credit Suisse AT1 bondholders should consider alternatives after this week's sharp repricing
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The corporate reverse Yankee market — or, put plainly, US borrowers tapping the euro market — had a great start to the year, leading many bankers to declare it a permanent fixture of the European capital markets.
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Well executed euro benchmarks this week brought hope that public sector borrowers are learning to deal with difficult primary market conditions — and valuing their banks a bit more.
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There can be little doubt that, with decentralisation becoming a bigger theme in Europe, the SSA market will be welcoming ever more sub-sovereign issuers — or agencies that offer economies of scale to clusters of local authorities, such as the UK Municipal Bonds Agency or Agence France Locale.
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In the space of a week the European securitization market will have seen the first post-crisis residential mortgage backed securities from Ireland and Spain since 2007.
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When the US Federal Reserve started to regulate leveraged finance in 2013, the news was almost shocking.
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While banks have engaged in some genuinely appalling conduct and been punished for it, the quantum of fines has become seriously disconnected from — well, anything. It is not just bad for bank shareholders, it is bad for regulatory credibility.