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Derivatives

Derivs trading reinvented as investors look to trump event risk

The upending of global financial markets in the second half of 2016, driven by shocks from the UK’s Brexit vote and US presidential election, has caused a breakdown in previously dominant cross-asset correlations and a sharp resizing of event risk in 2017. Dan Alderson reports on a wave of structured product innovation aimed at navigating this new and more volatile universe.

Dan Alderson, January 01, 2017
Derivatives

Tensions high as cross-currency swaps face testing 2017

Cross-currency swap markets face a rough start to 2017. Traders fear that diverging central bank policy, a shift in corporate borrowing dynamics and a repatriation of US money will all upset the basis at different parts of the curve. Dan Alderson reports.

Dan Alderson, January 01, 2017
CEE

Russia’s bond market revival ready to roll on into 2017

In late 2016 a clutch of Russian borrowers shrugged off Western sanctions and domestic stagnation to return to the global bond markets. But will investors’ returning appetite for Russian risk survive a global repricing? Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker reports

Lucy Fitzgeorge Parker , January 01, 2017
SSA MTNs and CP

Money market fund reform arrives in time for rough 2017

US money market fund reform is finally here, after eight years in the making. A volatile and testing 2017 will show us whether the wait has been worth it. Lewis McLellan reports.

Lewis McLellan, January 01, 2017
Bank Capital

AT1: building a house on rock

Additional tier one (AT1) went through the most turbulent period of its young life in 2016, and the experience was nothing if not formative. This year banks will benefit from the market’s new-found maturity. Tyler Davies reports.

Tyler Davies, January 01, 2017
SSA

Post-QE world will not be easier for liquidity

As the use of unconventional monetary policy comes under increasing scrutiny, investors are examining the consequences for liquidity in a world without the European Central Bank’s asset purchase programme, writes Lewis McLellan.

Lewis McLellan, January 01, 2017
Covered Bonds

Covered bonds play key role with regulatory funding in focus

Covered bonds will continue to be a crucial instrument in any bank treasurer’s funding tool kit in 2017. However, the more necessary focus will be on bail-inable senior unsecured funding. Bill Thornhill reports.

Bill Thornhill, January 01, 2017
Bank Strategy

Regulation turning syndicate into an art rather than science

New issue bonds have been going from strength to strength, with some of the largest ever issues priced in the last two years. But the way they are executed has hardly changed for years. That is, until 2016, when sweeping regulatory change arrived in the form of new market abuse rules, along with new technology platforms and new market guidelines. Owen Sanderson reports.

Owen Sanderson, January 01, 2017
SSA

Conservative Swiss hunt down positives among the negatives

In the looking-glass world of Swiss franc bonds, unrated companies and Austrian banks have issued at negative yields, writes Silas Brown. Starved of return, Swiss investors will look at a broader range of foreign and even high yield paper than ever before.

Silas Brown, January 01, 2017
SSA

Dollar and euro angst opens space for non-core bond plays

For public sector bond issuers, 2017 will be a year to hunt down arbitrage plays. Political uncertaintly looks set to rock core currency markets, leaving non-core markets to offer useful funding havens, writes Silas Brown.

Silas Brown, January 01, 2017
Emerging Market Loans

Tide turns for Turkish loan pricing

The global rise in dollar funding, combined with political upheaval and the heavy depreciation of the lira are destroying some of the historically borrower-friendly terms available in the Turkish loan market. Elly Whittaker reports.

Elly Whittaker, January 01, 2017
Emerging Markets

Africa feels a funding chill: first in loans, now bonds too

While some cash-strapped borrowers in Africa will bite the bullet and pay up to access international bond markets in 2017, others will have to return to the loan market for support. Virginia Furness and Elly Whittaker report.

Elly Whittaker, January 01, 2017

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