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Europe’s regulator proposes preserving capital requirements while trimming the complexity that hampers cross-border M&A
UK borrower goes alone on Thursday following FOMC rate hold
Despite a strong year for euro covered bond issuance more broadly, volumes from France are way down on last year
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Europe's regulator seeks to reduce complexity while 'preserving banks' resilience and resolvability'
Currency's higher yielding appeal has lured investors across the capital stack
Issuers seizing moment as rates stabalise and spreads hold near historic tights but some deals betray signs investors growing sensitive on price
Less frequent issuers making the most of market with strong bid for yieldy assets
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NatWest Markets is searching for a new chief executive and chief financial officer, after Chris Marks and Richard Place stepped down from those roles. -
European Union member states are finding more and more ways to prop up failing financial institutions with public money. The longer it goes on, the harder it is going to become for authorities to crack down on a culture of bailouts.
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Italy and the EU provoked indignation this week, when Italy approved the use of public money to rescue Banca Popolare di Bari, a small regional lender faltering under the weight of bad loans. The decision looks likely to join a long list of cases when European Union rules designed to prevent government bank bail-outs have proved toothless, prompting market participants to think the EU has capitulated.
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Southpaw takes a sideways look at some of the big events that defined investment banking in 2019.
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Ipreo, whose system is used by banks, especially in Europe, for syndicating new bond issues, has reached out to two potential rivals about possibilities to collaborate. This suggests IHS Markit, which owns Ipreo, believes the alternative platforms could make headway.
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Euro bond issuance has soared this year, almost matching 2006's record, as financial institution, public sector and corporate issuers have taken advantage of nearly unbeatable pricing terms in the market. Bonds bankers predict that euros will shine again in 2020, though there are emerging signs that the growth in issuance may have reached its limit. Tyler Davies and Lewis McLellan report.
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