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Proposed 10% limit on interest would strip out most of securitizations' excess spread
Implementation necessary after wide-ranging changes last year
It is not enough to just undo some of the European Commission’s more controversial proposals
Despite a tepid response in a 2024 consultation, there are signs EU authorities are laying the groundwork
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The primary market for covered bonds with environmental, social or governance (ESG) purposes has been exceptionally strong this year, and with the European Union’s Taxonomy regulation recently coming into force and strong execution happening even in difficult market conditions, there are high hopes that issuance will scale new heights. -
Subordinated bond issuance could decline dramatically among Nordic banks following implementation the EU’s new bank recovery and resolution directive (BRRD 2), Fitch said this week.
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A prospective improvement in the European Central Bank’s deposit tiering facility mitigating the punitive impact of negative rates should be bad for covered bonds, 95% of which are negative-yielding. However, the unprecedented scale of reserves held on deposit with the central bank implies that many key investors will still be looking for anything that pays more than its deposit rate of minus 0.5%.
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When the European Central Bank (ECB) is suggesting the additional tier-one market could cost the euro area up to 0.25% of GDP growth in the next year and a half, it is probably time to start thinking about reforming the asset class.
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The European Stability Mechanism stands ready to lend eurozone countries up to 2% of their GDP at negative rates — but in spite of the clear cost savings compared to market funding, countries have yet to take up the offer. It is time to rid ESM lending of its stigma.
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The UK government looks ever more likely to create a new public sector bank focused on green infrastructure. Policy experts welcome the prospect, but there would be many choices to make over the structure and financing of the organisation.
