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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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What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object? For Europe’s policymakers, the past two years or so — since EU president Herman Van Rompuy set out his roadmap for banking union and fiscal integration in the eurozone — have been an exercise in answering that question.
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It’s a classic moral panic for the UK broadsheet newspapers. ‘Government housing policy fails’ scream the headlines. ‘Paltry take-up for social housing aid’.
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This week’s unveiling of socially responsible investment and green sukuk projects at the Islamic Financial Services Board by the World Bank put an inspiring twist in the essence of what Islamic finance is meant to be about — ethical investment, lest anyone had forgotten. But it also illuminated the catchword the IFSB most wants to promote: inclusivity.
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JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley’s EM rivals may be gleefully awaiting punishment of those banks through future Russian mandates after this week they helped Ukraine raise $1bn via a US-AID backed bond, but they should not bet the ranch on a Russian freeze out.
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The covered bond industry looks set to achieve its aim of having highly rated bonds counted as Level 1 assets in the Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR). This is great news for the Danes in particular and the right decision for Danish, Swedish and German iterations of the product.
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Most of the time, it’s much easier to deal with new leverage than getting rid of old leverage. That’s something the US CLO market would do well to remember with lead managers said to be placing new CLOs with hedge funds that are taking down senior tranches, provided they can do so, up to 9x levered, making the 150bp spreads on offer look a bit more exciting.