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A sovereign issuing bonds after US military strike threats would be absurd if those threats had been made by any other president
Foreigners' love of Swiss francs presents an unlikely opening for overseas borrowers
The necessity of clauses that help developing countries recover from catastrophes is getting more acute
Data-deprived markets should give the shutdown the attention it deserves
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No one can pretend they don’t know now. What Ben Bernanke might have thought he had already made clear, but which many in the markets had appeared to want to ignore, is that the US has every intention of reducing its asset purchases as and when the economy allows.
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The ABS market needs to stop playing the grumpy old man reminiscing about better days. Next week’s Global ABS conference may be still paying penance in Brussels, rather than frolicking in its more glamorous former home of Barcelona, but this does not mean the market must behave like a self-flagellating mendicant.
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The strategic review at Royal Bank of Scotland’s markets division owes as much to politics as it does to pragmatism.
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There is an unmistakable hubbub building in the CMBS market. First, Bank of America Merrill Lynch sold a hugely oversubscribed €1bn deal, Taurus, in early May. And this week, German real estate company Gagfah unveiled a €2bn German multi-family deal, GRF 2013-1, that will refinance all its outstanding debt due in August, in one fell swoop.
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Growth. It’s what the world has been worried about for what seems an eternity. But suddenly it’s different. Until recently, markets were panicking that there were no signs of growth. But now, as this week’s rout in US credit markets showed, bankers, issuers and investors alike are fretting about how to cope with a recovery.
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EMTN dealers have got their wish. Corporate issuers are waking up to the potential of private placements — and there are tantalising signs that the shift in approach could be here to stay.