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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
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The possible further internationalisation of the covered bond market will present challenges as well as opportunities
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Another week, and more talk of the need for cultural change in the banking industry. This time it was Deutsche Bank’s turn to issue a mea culpa on behalf of itself and its peers, acknowledging that the vague promises of the past had finally to be backed up with action.
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Credit investors are behaving like they’ve started a new love affair. Frumpy caution is out of the window and corporate bond fund managers no longer care what their masters in the equity and govvie markets tell them.
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Congratulations, Fitch. Every corporate debt capital markets banker likes to trumpet how European companies are switching from loan to bond funding. Treasurers know it, too — but no one seemed to have much clue what the details were.
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Bankers away from EFSF mandates are never shy to put the boot into the bail-out issuer. Thus it was no surprise to see this week’s €6bn five year deal being given a gleeful kicking.
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One week on, three resignations, one temporary reinstatement, one important note and one parliamentary hearing. And what have we learned about the great Barclays Libor scandal that we did not already know from the regulatory reports that laid waste to the firm’s reputation last Wednesday? Almost nothing.
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Another week, another sovereign debt crisis solving scheme. But has Finnish Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen’s lightbulb moment — sovereign-issued covered bonds just like the ones Finland printed back when it was a European debt pariah — got what it takes to end a crisis?