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The distinction of being the widest constituent in the Markit iTraxx Europe is clearly one that most companies would prefer not to have. Yet Glencore has held this dubious honour since before the last index roll in March. It had a challenger in fellow miner Anglo American, but Anglo’s downgrade to junk and consequent removal from the investment grade index left the field open to the Swiss firm.
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Michael Reuther, head of Commerzbank’s corporates and markets unit, told GlobalCapital that the banking industry needed to see the “endgame, the final state” of its capital requirements, with an end to the new overlapping layers of extra capital requirements. -
GlobalCapital’s Sam Kerr takes a deep dive on the history that put the Fed on its current path and examines what record low rates are doing to domestic and international credit markets
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Deutsche Bank is at real risk of failing to pay coupons on its additional tier one instruments, as a potential $14bn US RMBS settlement threatens to erase the bank's available distributable items (ADIs). Outstanding DB AT1 securities reacted accordingly last Friday, shooting nearly 200bp wider.
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Basel proposals on how to treat mortgages will hurt Europe’s banks less than feared, according to sources with knowledge of the Basel Committee’s discussions, and other industry insiders at the European Covered Bond Council’s plenary meeting in Düsseldorf this week.
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The Bank of Italy announced it would soften application of the capital conservation buffer (CCB) in line with most other European countries, but the move is not expected to relieve any pressure on additional tier one coupon payments.
