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Aug 24: Basel Committee backs burden-sharing for bank bond investors
New proposals from the Basel Committee could mean bond investors bear a greater burden when banks fail. IFR’s Matt Attwood tells us what the proposals could mean for debt markets.
Aug 17: Russia's planned debut Eurorouble bond seen worth US$2bn
Russia is expected to launch a debut benchmark Eurorouble bond issue in the third quarter to raise about US$2bn at a healthy premium over the country’s dollar bonds, says IFR’s John Weavers.
Aug 4: Commercial real estate debt cloud hangs over banks
The mountain of commercial real estate debt that built before the financial crisis will take years to clear, but a return by bankis to profitability may help absorb more writedowns, say IFR’s Keith Mullin and Peter Damesick from CB Richard Ellis.
July 27: Bank debt deals from the Middle East and North Africa to pick up
Middle Eastern and North African bank issuance is expected to pick up as institutions look to get deals done before the August lull, the start of Ramadan, and while US Treasury yields are low and investor appetite for such paper is rising, says IFR’s Bakyt Azimkanov.
July 14: Europe's IPO Hopefuls Should Wait
IFR’s Editor-at-large Keith Mullin says European companies wanting to come to market should hold fire while the continent remains at the epicentre of market volatility.
June 16: French deals revive moribund European corporate bond market
France takes centre stage as the broad recovery last week in risk appetite stirs activity in the European corporate bond market. But this is unlikely to mark a sustained upswing in issuance, says Andy Perrin, senior reporter at IFR.
Aug 10: Life seen stirring in dormant RMBS market
The stabilisation of delinquency rates is breathing some life into the UK’s dormant residential mortgage-backed securitisation market, with deals now in the pipeline, says IFR’s Bill Thornhill.
Aug 3: Two-year debt auction will test appetite for German debt
With yields edging up from record lows and risk appetites showing tentative signs of recovery, next week’s two-year Government bond, or Schatz, auction will be a key test of demand for German debt, says IFR’s Mike Winfield.
July 20: Demand for EM bonds centres on dollars, not euros
There is huge demand for dollar-denominated sovereign debt from European emerging markets, but European banks facing stress tests have lost appetite for euro-denominated paper, says IFR’s John Weavers.
June 23: European high-yield bond drought coming to an end
Issuance is picking up in Europe’s high-yield corporate bond market despite the still uncertain macroeconomic backdrop, and some well-established names are coming to the market, says IFR’s Keith Mullin.
June 9: Funding strains for Europe's banks show no sign of easing
The senior unsecured loan market for financial institutions in Europe has dried up, causing a real funding squeeze for less secure names, says Matthew Attwood, assistant editor at IFR.
