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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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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.
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Covered bond yields and spreads are spiralling lower. The prospect that wafer thin margins grow thinner has led to a legitimate concern that a turning point in investor tolerance may follow.