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  • UBS reckons it has a hit upon a ‘unique formula’ for growth as it expands its investment banking offering to its high net worth clients, writes David Rothnie.
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    National champions have outpaced their smaller peers in the rally in bank bond spreads over recent months. Investors say individual valuations in the middle tier of the sector could pick up, but that the chances of consolidation may first have to improve.
  • The Euro Short Term Rate may be running into the first real problem of its short life. The benchmark was designed to provide a reflection of wholesale euro overnight borrowing costs based on real transaction data. But what if there aren’t enough transactions?
  • The European Commission has reached out to the European Covered Bond Council (ECBC) to make the case for reinvigorating the market for European Secured Notes. ESNs could improve access to crucial funding for Europe’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which are struggling to recover following lockdowns imposed to contain the spread of Covid-19.
  • A sudden dip in the volume of €STR transactions and the number of banks submitting data has led to market participants voicing concerns about the rate.
  • A financial markets legal charity has warned the UK against diverging from EU law through its transposition of the Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (BRRD II), arguing that significant changes could increase the ‘operational burden’ on firms after Brexit.