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Funding across all parts of the capital structure is available with issuers likely to prioritise unsecured borrowing
FIG issuers have shown that investors are ready to absorb all the supply that comes their way
Market participants have questioned if the differential in the risk-weightings between securitized and covered assets will affect demand for covered bonds
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With masses to fund and spreads super-tight, banks will race to market, but central banks are expected to tighten
Banks could rush to issue as fast as possible, taking advantage of remarkably tight spreads
Growing pipeline and fiercer competition had threatened to shake the darling bonds of May
Uncertainty in Middle East peace negotiations may reignite alarm, but investors remain willing as long as issuers pay to play
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The world’s biggest banks sat out the primary bond market in dollars this week, dashing hopes of a pre-election funding blitz. -
Agricultural Bank of China and Bank of China’s investment arm tapped the bond market on Thursday, joining a host of other issuers that also sought fresh funding.
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Union Bank of the Philippines (UnionBank) made a rare outing in the dollar market on Thursday, competing with hefty supply from Greater China to raise $300m.
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Long used to scanning the horizon for risks, central banks have belatedly woken up to the biggest one of all — climate change. Monetary policy has so far been ignored — but the European Central Bank, until now on the fringes of this issue, is plunging in
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Despite the Eurozone covered bond market’s huge size, its inherent liquidity is dwarfed by much smaller sectors outside the trading block — effectively meaning ‘the market’ is slowly but surely becoming impotent.
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The winning institutions and individuals will be revealed at the awards dinner on June 17 in London
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