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Stop hand-wringing about the sovereign doom loop
The coronavirus pandemic has sparked an unprecedented wave of sovereign borrowing.
24 Sep 2020 -
Tempers flare as banks vie for EU bond glory
The delayed launch of the European Commission’s vast funding programme has thrown bond bankers into a fever of anticipation.
24 Sep 2020 -
Sustainability-linked bonds: I should Coco
The recent high profile spurt of sustainability-linked bonds, including deals from Brazil’s Suzano, Switzerland’s Novartis and, coming this week, France’s Chanel, is a sharp change, after this structure — where the coupons are linked to sustainability performance targets — has made a surprisingly quiet and disappointing start to life.
22 Sep 2020 -
ECB risks disturbing nest of German legal vipers
The European Central Bank is reportedly considering imbuing its regular Asset Purchase Programme with the powers reserved for its special Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme.
22 Sep 2020 -
ECB discusses ‘opening Pandora’s box’ with PEPP review
The European Central Bank (ECB) could be considering merging the Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme (PEPP) and its longstanding Asset Purchase Programme (APP).
21 Sep 2020 -
Euronext bids for line into govvie trading
If the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) and Euronext strike a deal over Borsa Italiana, a leading player in European government bond trading will change hands.
21 Sep 2020 -
Agora receives backing from R3’s Rutter as bond platform moves to beta testing
Agora, the end-to-end debt capital markets platform being developed by bond market veteran Charlie Berman, has closed a second funding round with support from new investors including David E.
21 Sep 2020 -
People moves in brief — September 17, 2020
García and Gutman given new roles at Goldman — Mizuho hires in convertible bonds — Smida and Coudray handed coverage leadership at Natixis
17 Sep 2020 -
EU paves way for national approval of recovery plan
The European Parliament voted in favour of an expansion of the EU’s own resources on Wednesday.
17 Sep 2020 -
Natixis names two coverage bosses
Meriem Smida and Christine Coudray have been given new coverage jobs at Natixis, as global head of financial sponsors coverage and global head of banks and international public sector (BIPS) coverage respectively.
15 Sep 2020
