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While the sovereign debt crisis rages, spare a thought for humble syndicated loans bankers. Their market is under pressure as never before — five separate once-in-a-generation storms are converging on it and there appears to be no chance of deviation. Even George Clooney only had to deal with three.
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Have the capital markets removed their first eurozone leader? Maybe. Do they yearn for a technocratic regime in Italy to sort the mess out? Absolutely. Will they get it soon enough to stop the rot? No way.
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Early next week the EFSF will don its tin hat once again and reattempt to issue a 10 year €3bn issue on behalf of Ireland in this most chaotic of markets. It is in everybody’s interests that the deal is printed smoothly.
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Has it worked? Has Europe’s Grand Plan given the region’s frazzled investors anything more than a few days of euphoria before the disappointment sets in? After all, it has taken long enough to cobble together.
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The pieces of the puzzle are slowly falling into place. Europe’s banks will have to meet a 9% core equity tier one target, according to Basel 2.5 based on risk weighted assets as of September 30, with some level of severe mark-to-market on their sovereign bond holdings.