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The European Banking Authority has proposed that covered bond swaps should be exempt from the central clearing proposals set out as part of the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (Emir). In so doing it has provided the market with a fillip, but there is a risk covered bonds will lose appeal if issuers' swap obligations become too onerous to fulfil.
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As if international sukuk were not already rare enough with only six dollar issuers so far in 2014, this week brought an even more unusual sighting — a deal that didn’t have an outrageously oversubscribed order book. Turkiye Finans can thank Damac Real Estate Development’s aggressive handling of investors for that, and so may the rest of the sukuk market.
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It is almost impossible to understate the symbolism of Greece’s return to the capital markets this week in terms of the eurozone debt crisis as a whole.
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Russia is shut. That’s the message coming from emerging market loans bankers, Eurobond investors and, as of this week, domestic investors. But the country's best borrowers can prove them wrong.
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Originate to distribute, the business model oft quoted as one of the primary causes of the subprime mortgage crisis in the US, and by extension, the rest of the financial crisis, is back. But this time it’s different, apparently, or at least backwards.
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The resurgence of covenant-lite loan issuance in Europe bears much resemblance to the pre-crisis craze for loose terms on risky debt. It may benefit borrowers, but in the long run both banks and investors risk paying the price of repeating errors past.