Sovereign bonds
Commission unveils contentious Eurobond proposals
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European Commission unveils three options for Eurobonds in bid to restore stability in Europe; analysts say the measures are politically unviable and ineffective
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Announcement that Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi will resign does little to calm markets; bond yields hit euro area record high, raising the stakes for a potential default
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Dealers predict CVA-CDS loop will create sovereign volatility
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Dealers say regulators have cooked up a pro-cyclical credit value adjustment capital charge that will force them to buy increasing amounts of protection in an illiquid market, regardless of changes in counterparty credit. The impact will be felt by uncollateralised...
Credit Suisse and UBS on Basel 2.5: Half a world away
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Swiss banks had to switch over to Basel 2.5 at the start of 2011, but they are still wrestling with elements of the new trading book rules – from educating traders on the impact, to working out sovereign bond risks. And differences have already emerged...
Europe's democracy deficit contributing to crisis
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The eurozone is grappling with a fiscal crisis, but David Rowe argues its ability to cope is being hampered by a democracy deficit
CVA desks to keep buying sovereign CDSs – even if they never pay out
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Even if CDS contracts are not triggered in Greek restructuring, Basel III's CVA charge ensures the market will live on - but episode raises fresh questions about design of capital framework, dealers say
The risk-free conundrum
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The eurozone debt crisis raises a fundamental question about the risk-free status of sovereign debt in Solvency II. The events of recent months have shown that some government bonds are anything but risk free. Yet Solvency II’s standard formula maintains...
Profile: Daniel Gros on political risk and Europe's debt crisis
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What began as a debt crisis for Greece has become something more political and existential, as Europe asks whether national deficits are a purely national problem – or whether a shared currency demands otherwise. Daniel Gros, director of the Centre...
Eurozone debt crisis: facing up to the risks of political uncertainty
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The eurozone debt crisis requires a political solution, but markets are losing faith in politicians’ ability to provide it. By Alex Monro
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