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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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Whisper it, but regulation is getting better. It’s still growing — there were nearly 2,000 pages to pore over this week — but the détente between the financiers and legislators is starting to deliver.
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There is no better illustration of human diversity than a US Federal Reserve press conference. Thousands of financial specialists, mostly with similar educations and backgrounds, listen to them at the same time.
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Investment banks, like empires, rise and fall — only rather faster. In December 1997, EuroWeek (forerunner of GlobalCapital) covered the first bond on which Royal Bank of Scotland appeared in the syndicate, as a co-manager.
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In choosing to leave rates unchanged, the US Federal Reserve on Thursday night opened a window for borrowers to wave through funding. And in its minutes, it suggested that might be a broad window. Good job too.
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It is easy to judge banks harshly for accepting or not accepting mandates from certain credits because of the c-word. But compliance departments’ seemingly renewed stringency, while frustrating for EM bankers, is a positive step.
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Greece’s part in the eurozone sovereign debt crisis has always been secondary to the potential for disaster in larger countries like Spain. Now the latter country could be just months away from breaking up and a huge debt shock. Why does no one care?