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Wild swings in the euro/dollar basis swap, and an unreliable interest rate swap complicated bond execution in the SSA market this week. While some liquidity has returned in rates, cross currency swaps are still behaving very strangely. -
Firms across Europe are clamouring for crisis funding but while debt advisory bankers have joined the frontline in finding solutions some admit they may struggle to cope with the sheer scale of the challenge, writes David Rothnie.
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European government bond spreads have tightened in response to the European Central Bank's decision on Wednesday to beef up its bond buying. Italy’s spread to Germany contracted by more than 120bp since Wednesday morning's wide but SSA borrowers are not ready to return to the market yet.
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The Single Resolution Board found this week that investors in Banco Popular would not have been any better off had they been put through an insolvency rather than a resolution. Creditors and shareholders will therefore not receive any compensation.
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As volatility batters markets and participants scramble to hold dollars, calls are growing for the US Federal Reserve to extend the swap lines that it used during the 2008 crisis to emerging market central banks.
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The promises of economic support for economies battered by coronavirus from the UK and US governments have caused their curves to cheapen sharply, driving up borrowing costs.
