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Market readies for era of loose spending
A major push towards fiscal easing in Europe, which could be a key driver of capital markets in 2020, looks more likely after the junior partner in Germany's governing coalition elected leaders who are calling for more public investment.
05 Dec 2019 -
People moves in brief
Giancarlo heads to private sector — Barclays structurer goes to buy side — Danske reorganises DCM
05 Dec 2019 -
Austrian treasury official promoted to new role
Christian Schreckeis, the former head of capital markets and investor relations at the Austrian treasury, has taken on additional responsibility for Austria's budget.
05 Dec 2019 -
Primary dealerships are rigged systems — that’s the point
The FICC Market Standards Board has just released guidance on the proper conduct of government bond auctions, cautioning banks — and primary dealers especially — to manage their conflicts of interest carefully.
03 Dec 2019 -
Danske names co-heads of rates and credit in DCM reshuffle
Danske Bank has appointed two senior bankers to lead its reorganised global debt capital business.
02 Dec 2019 -
EU member states to kill plans for a new development bank
European finance ministers are not keen on setting up a new development bank from scratch.
02 Dec 2019 -
Bid-asks to gap out under buy-in rules, ICMA warns
The mandatory buy-in regime under the EU’s regulation for central securities depositories (CSDR) is expected to cause bid-ask spreads across bond markets to widen significantly, according to a warning from the International Capital Markets Association.
28 Nov 2019 -
MUFG banker steps away from the bond market
One of Europe’s leading bond syndicate bankers is leaving MUFG.
22 Nov 2019 -
Climate emergency: all hands to the pump
Axa’s proposal this week that the European Union should create a €500bn joint borrowing vehicle for climate change could easily be dismissed as pie in the sky.
21 Nov 2019 -
‘New ESM’ for climate could help euro bond market, Axa argues
Green finance specialists gave a cautious welcome this week to an idea put forward by Axa that the European Union should set up a new organ, modelled on the European Stability Mechanism, to borrow about €500bn for investments to fight climate change.
21 Nov 2019
