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Numis Securities is pulling out of market-making in UK retail bonds, in a gloomy sign for the market after a period of low issuance on the London Stock Exchange's Orderbook for Retail Bonds, writes Ross Lancaster. -
Credit and equity markets suffered a crisis of confidence this week, with several previously crowded trades rapidly unraveling in the face of rising concerns about European banks, US Federal Reserve policy and a perceived lack of European Central Bank firepower to revitalise the continent’s stagnant economy.
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Numis Securities is pulling out of market making in UK retail bonds and its head of fixed income is leaving the firm, after a period when new issuance of bonds on the London Stock Exchange's Orderbook for Retail Bonds has dwindled.
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Capital market participants tend to keep their heads below the political parapet. Brexit is one issue they must not ignore. It would sabotage the City’s leadership in financial services and be an assault on the fabric of global governance.
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Two new working groups of the Green Bond Principles will begin work next week, on defining greenness and on impact reporting. The move is part of the green bond market’s effort to define itself more clearly, partly in the hope that governments might ultimately subsidise it.
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Last year the Markit iBoxx Euro Banks index was one of the outperforming bond sectors in Europe having returned 1%. The index, which is largely made up of bonds issued by European banks, even managed to outperform defensive sectors such as healthcare and utilities, while Europe’s regulatory oversight and relaxed monetary conditions kept market confidence in check.
