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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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A new era of corporate activity may be dawning. After years of hoping, bankers may finally be about to see the kind of acquisition frenzy they desired. But if this week’s extraordinary deals are anything to go by, the action will not be coming from the traditional blue-chip corporate sphere. Private equity and leveraged companies are back in town.
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The bond markets have had much to celebrate since the start of the year. The eurozone is taking its first cautious steps out of crisis, leading to some barnstorming deals. Meanwhile, some of Basel III’s more intensive requirements have been watered down.
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Next week is the ideal time for a European name to bring a dollar trade. So why is nobody being talked about as occupying the pipeline?
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Portugal, Spain, Madrid, Ireland, Italy and FADE have made resounding comebacks in the syndicated new issue market over the last month, but this sovereign crisis is not over.
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State-owned Russian oil firm Rosneft provided emerging market loans bankers with a conundrum this week when it requested a margin cut to the second tranche of its jumbo $33.75bn TNK-BP takeover facility.
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Figures are expected today (Friday) to show how much three year cash from the ECB’s longer term refinancing operation European banks are paying back at the first opportunity. The market will be gunning for a large number, and with good reason.