The Spanish covered bond market faces a day of reckoning now that the European Central Bank will be buying a lot less of it leading Barclays analysts to recommend investors look elsewhere. However, others say Cédulas supply is likely to remain limited through the course of next year, and given the market’s "terrible liquidity", executing any trade ideas in the secondary is likely to prove a non-starter.
Bill Thornhill,
October 04, 2018
