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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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Imagine if you will an embattled group of grizzled veterans and a short Frenchman in an alliance with some Germans struggling to maintain a grip on a European crisis. Never mind 2012: this could be 1812. Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose, n’est-ce pas?
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With €19bn of new euro paper and $8.5bn of new dollar issuance this week, you would think that all was right again in the sovereign, supranational and agency market. Think again. This was a great week compared to what many people’s expectations were before Christmas but as with many things in the post-festive period there are signs of strain, flab and economic distress.
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Defying many bankers’ fears, the sovereign, supranational and agency bond market has made a rousing start to the year. Most significant of this week’s $16.7bn of benchmark deals in dollars, euros and sterling was the EFSF’s return to form.
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Systemic problems in the SSA market that have simmered away for years could be about to come to the boil and scald borrowers and banks in equal measure.
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Pity the European Banking Authority. Politicians had handed it the near-impossible task of overseeing yet another round of stress tests on European banks while a savage sovereign debt crisis was in full flow.
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What on earth happened in Oslo the other week? Why did the prime minister of this byword for financial prudence shove Eksportfinans — the export financing agency it part-owned — off a cliff?