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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
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Europe’s banks sniff opportunities amid the crisis as they look to build out their corporate broking businesses, but they will face fights to remove incumbents, writes David Rothnie. -
The European Central Bank is expected to broaden its asset purchasing to include bonds from issuers that have lost their investment grade ratings as a result of the coronavirus crisis — a funding lifeline to companies now rated BBB- or with one foot already in the junk camp.
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The European Central Bank’s purchase programme will do little to aid agencies in raising cash in the commercial paper market, making little difference to rising borrowing costs and expanding programmes, according to Jérôme Margerin, head of short-term funding at ACOSS, one of Europe’s largest non-sovereign CP issuers.
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British retail lobbying groups are clamouring for government support as tenants struggle to cover rent in the month since the lockdown began. But market players say help for the sector is unlikely, and CMBS is preparing for widespread delinquencies as the shutdown extends.
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The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) set a four month limit on Tuesday to the period over which mortgage servicers are obligated to advance payments on loans in forbearance, a long awaited liquidity fix the industry was pushing for.
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With its more relaxed rules around pre-emption rights, the UK has led from the front by allowing embattled companies to raise equity to keep themselves alive during the coronavirus pandemic. The market's flexibility means there have been no damaging delays waiting for for formal rule changes. Such pragmatism is admirable, although more must be done to protect retail investors from dilution.
