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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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With world equity indices getting hammered over the summer months, the old stock market saying "sell in May and go away" has proved particularly felicitous this year.
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This week’s rush of covered bond deals looks like good news for Europe’s banks. But their treasury departments had better not relax just yet.
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Any SSA banker in London could have been fooled into thinking it was autumn already this week. And not just because of the dreary weather. Just as London shopkeepers have strung up signs on looted high streets declaring "business as usual", so crisis-weary investors are back trading new SSA paper.
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The idea of a two-tier euro system — a currency for the stout nations of Europe’s north and a kind of second division for the periphery — gets the sort of reaction from Europe’s politicians usually reserved for oddballs encountered on public transport.
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The European Central Bank has the firepower to halt the beating that Italian and Spanish bonds are taking before they are routed into a self-fulfilling catastrophic insolvency.
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Snafu. The familiar acronym sums up the weary realism and humour of the soldier faced with a situation that is as bad as usual. And snafu pretty much sums up the European and US bond markets this week.