Sovereign debt
Sovereign swaps users should learn from Italy’s mistakes
Posting collateral is a cost debt offices must embrace, argues Stefania Perrucci
Sovereign risk weights cannot wait
Why reform of Basel rules is urgent – and how to improve on December 2017 proposals
EU insurers show bias to own sovereigns
Forty-two percent of median EU country insurance sector's sovereign bond portfolio allocated to domestic government
EU-Singapore trade deal awakens sovereign restructuring fears
Many worry that EU government bonds are now in play for international arbitration
Enria takes aim at eurozone banks’ sovereign exposures
New ECB supervision chair floats Pillar 2 concentration charge, criticises use of IFRS 9
Euro swap bid/offers edge to decade lows
Mifid II and extreme competition raise profitability concerns for euro rates market-makers
Intesa Sanpaolo slashed bad loans 26% last year
NPL ratio plummets to 4.2% from 6.2% in 2017
EU banks most exposed to French, German, US sovereign risk
French bonds make up 17% of all EU bank sovereign exposures
Greece slashes rates exposure with €35 billion swap programme
Sovereign debt agency entices 18 banks into hedging programme, locking in historic low rates on bailout loans
Sovereign risk manager of the year: Greece’s Public Debt Management Agency
Risk Awards 2019: PDMA’s innovative €35bn swap programme helps slash sovereign’s interest rate payments
French banks loaded with Italian risk
Six French dealers hold €47 billion of sovereign exposures
EU banks cut €67 billion in non-performing loans
Greece remains the country with the highest NPL ratio, at 45%, followed by Cyprus at 34%
IFRS 9 versus IAS 39: Opportunities in changes to hedge accounting
With financial reporting in a state of flux amid the introduction of several new accounting standards, many corporates may feel overburdened by the need to ensure accounting compliance to take full advantage of IFRS 9 from the point of adoption. Robert…
UK Treasury never analysed impact of risk weights for EU debt
Risk weight move seen as political threat to EU sovereign issuance to force Brexit equivalence deal
CIBC's Barbados woes incur $44 million capital charge
Sovereign credit risk-weighted assets jump 19% as Barbadian loans sour
'No-deal' Brexit would add risk weights to EU government bonds
HSBC has most sovereign exposures that could attract higher capital charges among big UK banks
Munich Re adjusts sovereign portfolio
Reinsurer clips US, UK, Italy holdings
Bond run hits UniCredit capital buffer, trading income
Bank rides rollercoaster of BTP price plunge
Credit data: Trump tax cuts have not hurt US states
Tax package is double-edged sword for US states, but credit has strengthened over past year
BAML replaces head of global rates
Gupta and Stanley named co-heads as Roberts exits
Sovereign risk manager of the year: Debt Management Office of Saudi Arabia
Risk Awards 2018: New DMO is building a benchmark curve that could spur local capital markets
Cracks in China shouldn’t be a reason to delay Bond Connect
Bond market initiative must go ahead, even amid cooling investor demand for debt
Are the GIPS sovereign debt markets efficient during a crisis?
This paper aims to analyze the efficiency of the Greek, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish (ie, GIPS) sovereign debt markets during crises: in essence, the recent global financial and sovereign debt crises
Doom loop reloaded: CRR II goes soft on sovereign debt
EC dilution of Basel liquidity and market risk rules could create new regulatory arbitrage