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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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With central bankers, it is all in the nuance. “Do what we must” sounds an awful lot like “whatever it takes”, but as of Thursday it means a very different thing. -
That securitization can help stimulate lending to Europe’s real economy has become somewhat of an ECB mantra. The ECB’s ABS purchase programme was designed to stimulate new issuance by making it cheaper and easier for banks to obtain funding and free up capital for new lending.
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Abengoa is swimming for its life, but looks likely to sink beneath the waves of debt. Already, hindsight is beginning to make this look like an outcome everyone should have seen coming.
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Green bonds are finally beginning to take hold among commercial banks, which could end up being the product’s main issuers.
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A 12 month roller coaster ride for US rates expectations has ended with the 10 year Treasury yield back where it started, and in the meantime the CEEMEA bond market has been turned on its head for completely unrelated reasons.
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High quality securitizations that benefit from favourable capital treatment could be the catalyst that the ABS market needs, by increasing investor confidence in the market and making the asset class more attractive to issuers. But regulators need to sort out their differences first.
