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At Euromoney Conferences’ Central and Eastern European Forum in Vienna this week, sovereign, bank and corporate funding officials explained why they felt that funding in 2014 in the capital markets would be a slam dunk. But the record high issuance levels from the emerging markets over the last two weeks reveal fears that they are less comfortable publicising.
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The capital markets could be forgiven for thinking that Christmas came a little late this week. Blowout deals for Ireland and Portugal — plus strong showings for banks and corporations in those countries throughout the periphery — suggest that the funding part of the eurozone debt crisis could be coming to an end.
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The European Commission has a very important decision to take by June 30 for the covered bond market and by extension, European banks.
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The one item that dominated so much of 2013 looks likely to dominate the agenda in capital markets for at least the first chunk of 2014. That the Federal Reserve will begin tapering quantitative easing is considered by many a nailed on certainty and a primary cause for caution. But there will be plenty of other events that will captivate us in 2014.
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What a difference a week makes. Only seven days after Italy’s Savino del Bene cancelled its initial public offering Moncler, also from Italy, reported that the institutional tranche of its €816m IPO had attracted more than €20bn of demand — one of the most oversubscribed European deals of the year.
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The emerging markets have had a great run of late. With refinancings due, a swathe of debut borrowers and a hunt for yield very much in full swing, it would be tempting to say next year will be just as good. But QE tapering could be about to blow all of that sky high.