EU debt markets: Will the bank bail-in make bond investors bail out?

The primary debt markets in Europe seem to have come to terms with the threat of a peripheral sovereign debt restructuring. But proposed regulation that will require bondholders to be bailed in when banks fail might be the last straw for some buyers in the FIG market. Louise Bowman reports.

GIVEN THE YEAR that their debt markets have just had, European FIG bankers could be forgiven for feeling slightly anxious about their business. In the first quarter of this year senior unsecured FIG issuance was down by 22%, global subordinated was off by 10% and the European bank sector reportedly faced a €1 trillion financing hole. But when Euromoney visited some of the most highly regarded teams in this year’s primary debt survey in May, the mood was positively upbeat.

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