Bail-in bond issuance set to climb this year – EBA

Analysts forecast that European banks will issue more bail-in bonds over the remainder of 2018, according to the findings of an EU-wide survey.

Sixty-five percent of analysts that responded to the European Banking Authority’s (EBA) semi-annual risk questionnaire said they expect dealers to issue debt eligible to meet the EU’s minimum requirements for eligible liabilities (MREL) and the Financial Stability Board’s (FSB) total loss-absorbing capacity (TLAC) over the next six months. That is up fr