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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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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.
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All political careers supposedly end in failure, but the same seems to be true of investment bank chief executives.
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The stock market of the world’s second largest economy is in crisis. China’s A-shares have suffered their biggest three-week drop in a decade, wiping more than $3tr off the market. -
Bankers will not admit it, but the public euro bond markets are de facto shut. Barring a miracle in Greece, they are expected to remain so until after Labor Day in early September.
