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Some parts of the market are talking about the benefits of ultra-short, money market debt that has a sustainability theme, while on Tuesday BBVA issued a perpetual green bond, albeit with a call. The viability of both these forms of debt shows that the common perception of green bonds is not quite true. -
Zam Khan is a managing director in Houlihan Lokey’s Financial Institutions Group, where he leads the portfolio and capital advisory practice. He told GlobalCapital how banks should use financial data to deal with new NPL formations, or risk being engulfed by losses over the next few months.
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The weakness of communication along the capital markets chain is one reason why so little progress has been made on greening the economy.
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The repeated presence of European issuers in the bond market of late is testament to the prudence with which they are building up capital for what could be tough times ahead.
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Each week, Keeping Tabs brings you the very best of what we in the GlobalCapital newsroom have found most useful, interesting and informative from around the web. This week: the challenges facing European bank supervisors, attitudes to ethical investing by generation and gender, and how racial inequality rears its head in the US housing market.
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‘Angrynomics’, a well-timed book on anger and how it relates to politics, economics and finance by Eric Lonergan and Mark Blyth, is published this week. GlobalCapital spoke to Lonergan to discuss its meaning.
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The success of Rich Ricci’s banking comeback depends on getting a revered old broking brand back on its feet.
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Recent events have neatly illustrated the fickle state of market sentiment and suggest that a broad spectrum of borrowers in the corporate and bank finance markets should not waste time in getting their most difficult or important deals done while the window remains open.
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BBVA is expected to take advantage of recent changes to Pillar 2 requirements with a greater proportion of senior preferred issuance but it has a modest need for subordinated issuance. The Spanish national champion also plans to make use of its Targeted Longer-Term Refinancing Operation (TLTRO) allotment from the ECB, which has been substantially increased.
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Financial market participants have watched in disbelief this week as asset prices have kept rising, while US cities burn, unemployment breaks records, a global depression becomes more likely and the coronavirus pandemic still rages.
