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Until the European Central Bank starts to pull back from providing such cheap repo lending, issuers have little incentive to diversify their funding -
Risk of 'social washing' is high in mortgage lending
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Borrowers still have a golden opportunity to get funding away before the Fed’s conference next week
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If the European Central Bank is serious about promoting banking sector consolidation, it must wean issuers off the Targeted Long Term Refinancing Operation
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Record low coupons should give way to new pricing methods in the additional tier one market
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"We want to use this change of structure and these new leadership roles to foster this multi-product solutions mentality," Pete Mason tells GlobalCapital
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Central banks’ control was once limited to financial matters — they squatted in the corner, largely unseen. Now, they are stars in the drama — active, talkative stewards of the economy. Society looks to them to solve its problems; not to synch with government, but to make up for its deficiencies.
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There are worrying signs in the way Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena’s tier twos have traded after UniCredit signalled its interest in the bank.
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The Bank of England looks set to wrap up a review of the minimum requirements for own funds and eligible liabilities (MREL) without reconsidering its total asset threshold. That would be a mistake.
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Communication is the only real policy tool where the European Central Bank still has wiggle room.
