Europe
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Regulators' attempts to incentivise market participants to clear derivatives centrally have broadly worked, according to global watchdogs, though there are lingering concerns. -
Russia’s O1 Properties has implemented another deadline extension on a consent solicitation on its $350m 2021 notes, with analysts reckoning that there still could be further requests for more time.
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Deutsche Bank said on Monday it was looking to buy back €1bn of its non-preferred senior bonds from investors, in an effort to redeploy some of the ‘excess liquidity’ the bank has been running over its minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities (MREL).
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UBS Group bagged S$700m ($509m) from a Basel III compliant additional tier one deal, adding to a growing list of European lenders that have turned to the Singapore dollar bond market to boost their capital.
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In this round-up, wealthy Chinese individual investors now have access to local government bonds, Russian and Chinese leaders in the financial industry are meeting to strengthen mutual market access, and northbound trading volume via Stock Connect reached Rmb8.77tn.
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From June 2019 a large chunk of debt borrowed by banks from the EU periphery under the European Central Bank’s second Targeted Longer-Term Refinancing Operations (TLTRO II) will no longer be considered stable funding. Banks should refinance that debt in the market instead of hoping for another ECB handout.
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The revolt by UK politicians against the draft Brexit agreement reached by prime minister Theresa May forced TSB Bank to pull its covered bond on Thursday, with investors also selling out of positions in other UK banks. The market fallout adds a thorn to the side of other institutions from the country planning to raise financing over the coming weeks, but it may not be enough to completely shut down markets, write Bill Thornhill, Jasper Cox, Tyler Davies, Sam Kerr and Nigel Owen.
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Liberbank plans to issue its first covered bond, a transaction that will help refinance maturing debt borrowed under the European Central Bank's second Targeted Longer-Term Refinancing Operations (TLTRO). Many other banks face a similar problem, but seem to be ignoring the €399bn maturity wall that is fast approaching, writes Bill Thornhill.
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It is sometimes said that bondholders are treated like second class citizens at the expense of equity holders. But this week equity holders in Volkswagen should be knocking on its treasurer’s door, asking how investors in the latest bond deal were able to command such a premium for buying new debt.
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