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Wave after wave of volatility has battered markets over the last year. Soaring inflation, a shifting rate environment and the return of conflict in Europe. But throughout huge price swings, the Eurex platforms proved a pillar of stability for financial markets. Excelling in terms of scale, integrity and innovation – the firm was a deserved winner of European Derivatives Exchange of the Year.

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Fifteen years ago, the European Investment Bank (EIB) issued the world’s first green bond. From that initial seed has grown a trillion euro market, spanning different financing formats, currencies, countries and issuers across the globe. But integrity is just as important as size. Concerted effort from the bank of the EU has helped the market evolve to prioritise impact over intent, turning use-of-proceeds bonds specifically into one of the most effective tools for promoting clarity in sustainability.

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Ahead of the Structured Finance Association’s annual Las Vegas conference, GlobalCapital spoke with its CEO, Michael Bright, on the market and the key themes to be discussed at this year’s event.

Provoked by rising buy-side demand and regulatory interest, the practices, processes, and interactions involved in the selling and buying of bonds is beginning to be transformed by electronification and technological advancement. Greater automation in workflows, enhancing efficiency and transparency for all participants, is a force for good in the primary bond market. Change in market practices is never easy. But a tech upgrade is needed.

Two years into a critical decade for the fight to cap global warming at 1.5 °Celsius, the European Investment Bank (EIB) is transforming into something the world has never had but now desperately needs - a multilateral climate bank. This groundbreaking shift is bringing the EIB’s entire balance sheet in line with the Paris Accords, influencing not only its own lending and borrowing but also the behavior of its counterparties.

Covered bond investors will be embarking on a new journey in 2022. But what do they have to bear in mind when packing their bags? Sabrina Miehs, a senior covered bond analyst in Helaba's research and advisory team, provides her views on what investors should look out for.

Over the last eight years and $80bn in transactions, Freddie Mac’s Credit Risk Transfer (CRT) programme has gone from strength to strength. Now, having proved its mettle through the Covid-19 crisis, the issuer is looking ahead to product innovation and the prospect of major regulatory change.

In an interview, Michael Bright, CEO of the Structured Finance Association, discusses some of the key issues and risks that have shaped the structured finance market this year, and highlights what to look out for in 2022.

Online retail broker Robinhood may have helped bring the phrase ‘democratize finance’ into focus recently, but this development – to essentially enable everyone greater, better, and fairer access to markets and capital – is something that is decades old.

Australian banks are ready to return in force to the capital markets for their fundraising activity, with investors in Asia set to play a critical role in the deals.

After three decades – and a few financial crises – on the trading floors of four of the largest investment banks, most traders would probably be contemplating leaving to either set up their own hedge fund or take their well-deserved retirement from the industry. Fewer still might be considering, and actually going through with, making a move into public sector employment.

The EIB publishes today its 2020 Climate Awareness Bond Framework. Together with the upcoming 2020 Sustainability Awareness Bond Framework, this document explains how the bank is aligning its green and sustainability bonds with the EU Taxonomy Regulation and the proposed EU Green Bond Standard Regulation. Aldo Romani and Tomomitsu Maruta of EIB’s sustainability funding team put into context this significant development at the ‘EU Climate Bank’.

Mainland China’s sustainable bond market has gone from strength to strength recently, with issuers and investors finding new opportunities and embracing international standards.

While strong issuance so far this year has given rise to expectations that the European securitization market’s recovery could accelerate in the second half, 2021 is not just a rebound story. Investor demand and regulatory change are also driving new developments and innovations, say BNY Mellon’s Paul Crossley, senior business development, principal, EMEA, and Michela Sperandio, head of business development, Italy.

While the full financial impact of the pandemic has yet to emerge, growing signs of corporate distress are expected to start emerging in the coming months. To get ahead of it, early engagement with lenders and appointing strong advisors can help companies avoid insolvency or costly restructuring, say Ocorian’s Alan Booth, head of capital markets and Nick Bland, head of UK client services.

EQ Credit Services has rapidly grown to become one of the leading standby servicers and technology providers of loan management systems in the UK. In an interview with GlobalCapital, Will Ellis, sales director, describes the growth story so far and future ambitions.

The Vienna Stock Exchange celebrates its 250th anniversary this year, making it one of the world’s oldest stock exchanges. Its longevity and resilience, through wars, the fall of empires and financial crises, is partly due to a sound reading of, and response to, future market trends. In an interview with GlobalCapital, Matthias Szabo, director of debt listings, highlights three current trends that are shaping the future of the exchange, and the industry.