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An accounting practice called badwill is central to debates about European bank M&A — but it probably should not be, as it leads to some confusing rhetoric. -
Surging covered bond issuance that is printed only for repo at the central bank and official sector purchases means that the asset class is now less relevant for market funding purposes than ever before. If this continues, the systemic importance of the €2.7tr global market will be undermined just as efforts to develop it look to bear fruit.
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Investors think that insurance companies will be able to deal with the cost of business interruption (BI) claims relating to Covid-19, even though the UK High Court found in favour of policyholders in a test case this week.
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Meriem Smida and Christine Coudray have been given new coverage jobs at Natixis, as global head of financial sponsors coverage and global head of banks and international public sector (BIPS) coverage respectively.
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More European banks may see benefits to merging with each other as the coronavirus crisis damages profitability and the European Central Bank appears more positive on tie-ups. However, cross-border M&A is likely to remain difficult to execute.
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The European Commission will meet with governments and industry this month to flesh out a plan for how to deal with a build-up of bad loans on bank balance sheets.
