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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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Investors have been wringing their hands about secondary trading of EM bonds recently. Violent price action fosters illiquidity and makes new issues tough to execute. Russia’s altercation with Ukraine is just the latest driver of that. But the real problem that EM desks are going to face is not disruption, but the potential lack of bond and loan business as growth slows.
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The granting of bond issuing powers to the devolved Scottish government is nothing but a political play.
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It's great when a plan comes together, especially in times like these, when the plan involves recapitalising Europe's crisis-weary banks with a high-yielding but risky instrument that could potentially lose you a lot of money.
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The relentless hunt for yield that has driven investors from Spain and Italy into Portugal and now possibly Greece, is beginning to take on some of the hallmarks of the catastrophe of 2007 and 2008.
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The region's primary equity issuance is being stymied by capital outflows and poor stock market performance. With a blackout period ahead of annual financial results also beginning, there could be few new deals until March.
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Only five years ago, fixed income was described by Mercer, the investment consultant, as the “forgotten child” of the responsible investment movement. No longer.