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The AA- rating threshold for the eligibility of covered bonds in bank liquidity buffers proposed under Basel III’s Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) could be dropped under proposals for the fourth iteration of the Capital Requirements Directive (CRD IV), the European Covered Bond Council’s plenary session in Munich heard on Wednesday.
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Dealers of private EMTNs: Non-syndicated deals for <= €300m excluding financial repackaged SPVs, GSE issuers, self-led deals and issues with a term of < 365 days
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It is hard not to join in the euphoric mood following the European Central Bank’s unveiling of its all new Outright Monetary Transactions (OMT) scheme. What the title may lack in snappiness, the content makes up for with its hearty thwack of the ball back where it belongs — into the court of Europe’s national leaders.
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Mario Draghi, the European Central Bank president, has boosted hopes of a strong autumn of issuance by borrowers far and wide across the sovereign, supranational and agency sector.
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Dealers of private EMTNs: Non-syndicated deals for <= €300m excluding financial repackaged SPVs, GSE issuers, self-led deals and issues with a term of < 365 days
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UK Chancellor George Osborne denied that Barclays was singled out and harshly treated over its use of a tax loophole to book gains from a debt buyback, it was revealed this week.
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The European Commission joined the regulatory clamour for stricter rules on Libor setting this week, adding to the growing number of institutions looking at how benchmarks are produced and supervised.
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A crucial source of short end funding could dry up as the yield drought that has afflicted euro denominated money market funds risks spreading to sterling funds, a leading money market figure has warned.
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FMS Wertmanagement broke its sterling commercial paper record and the EFSF sold three month treasury bills with record low yields as short term investors shunned yield for safety this week.
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Dealers of private EMTNs: Non-syndicated deals for <= €300m excluding financial repackaged SPVs, GSE issuers, self-led deals and issues with a term of < 365 days