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Asian buyers driving callable SSA market have resurfaced in public benchmark deals
Public sector issuers have become more flexible when executing cross-currency interest rate swaps
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The secondary market has become irrelevant for pricing covered bonds. Spreads only reflect the level at which the eurosystem is willing to buy at, and not the rest of the market. It is the strongest signal yet of the disruption the European Central Bank's purchasing is causing.
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Socially responsible investment is one of the biggest market trends of our times in markets. It is branching out from wholesome multilateral development banks into the murkier world of emerging markets. Greater challenges will have to be overcome than ever before if SRI is to succeed here.
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Global finance needs global regulation. Everyone acknowledges it, but everyone ignores it.
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Those watching Zambia bonds might think that the $1.25bn deal this week yielding 9.375% demonstrates a borrower on the ropes considering in 2012 it paid a coupon of 5.375% for its debut bond. In fact, this is a borrower showing smarts when the rest of the CEEMEA gang appear to have bottled it.
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Greece may have passed a big hurdle on the way to arranging a further bail-out package this week calming markets along the way, but borrowers that relax over the summer could well find themselves regretting not having taken immediate advantage of the better conditions.
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Time is up for the covered bond lemmings. They’ve had it too easy for too long. Gone are the days of pricing a covered bond exactly where your neighbour wished they had printed theirs. Issuers need to be nimble and bankers insightful.