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The typical reaction to a borrower in the primary market on a day such as the one the European rates market suffered on Thursday is to question what said issuer had been drinking.
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Any banker who declared last year that what Europe needed was quantitative easing must, at least, have had some second thoughts recently.
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Providing advice to public sector borrowers in the euro market is as hard as it ever was in the teeth of the eurozone debt crisis, despite the years and billions spent trying to solve it. Add to this worsening economics for underwriters and you could legitimately wonder why banks bother. But they must.
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Three month Euribor, the benchmark short term lending rate in euros, this week did what was once unthinkable and dropped to a negative level for the first time.
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As of Thursday, every bank boss that wants to stand up for wholesale finance will have a tougher time. Let’s hope Deutsche’s Libor failures are the nadir, and that this time around conduct really does improve.
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When involved in a niche, whether as a journalist or a direct participant, it’s easy to overstate the importance of your little corner of the market.