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How will digital currencies impact banks?
2 Sep 2025 TwentyFour Blog

How will digital currencies impact banks?

The European Central Bank (ECB) is reportedly accelerating its work on a digital version of the euro (the dEuro), having seen the US pass the Genius Act in July which paved the way for broader adoption of so-called stablecoins.
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Credit’s cash pile ready for September supply
29 Aug 2025 TwentyFour Blog

Credit’s cash pile ready for September supply

We have long harked on about the strength of the technical in credit, with solid fundamentals, resilient inflows and defensive positioning continuing to provide a tailwind for the market.
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Improving growth forecasts matter for markets
22 Aug 2025 TwentyFour Blog

Improving growth forecasts matter for markets

On Thursday, markets received preliminary Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) figures for August. As a reminder, PMIs are timely indicators of trends in manufacturing and services, with a number above 50 signalling an expansion and below 50 a contraction.
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Allianz’s blockbuster RT1 underpinned by insurance fundamentals
20 Aug 2025 TwentyFour Blog

Allianz’s blockbuster RT1 underpinned by insurance fundamentals

Restricted Tier 1 (RT1) investors have been woken from an otherwise sleepy summer after Allianz Group, one of the largest insurers and asset managers globally, brought a $1.25bn deal to the market on Tuesday.
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Aggressive high yield deals call for heightened vigilance
11 Aug 2025 TwentyFour Blog

Aggressive high yield deals call for heightened vigilance

Urbaser, a Spanish waste management specialist, came to the market last week with a controversial new deal. The company launched a €1bn payment-in-kind (PIK) toggle note to fund a dividend to its owner Platinum Equity, just six weeks after it issued a new €2.3bn debt package to refinance its existing debt and fund a further €1bn of dividends.
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US corporate hybrids gain momentum after ratings shift
29 Jul 2025 TwentyFour Blog

US corporate hybrids gain momentum after ratings shift

The European corporate hybrid market has been established for some time. It is dominated by investment grade issuers seeking to raise capital with limited impact on their leverage ratios, thanks to rating agency treatment that classifies hybrids as 50% equity and 50% debt from a balance sheet perspective.
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US-EU deal welcome news in markets with little room for error
28 Jul 2025 TwentyFour Blog

US-EU deal welcome news in markets with little room for error

The US and the European Union (EU) have reached a trade agreement, averting a worst-case scenario of a more damaging trade war.
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CLO value emerges ahead of likely autumn surge
15 Jul 2025 TwentyFour Blog

CLO value emerges ahead of likely autumn surge

With the summer holiday season fast approaching, now feels like a good moment to pause and take stock of developments in the European ABS market year-to-date.
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Selectivity pays as European high yield hits record
4 Jul 2025 TwentyFour Blog

Selectivity pays as European high yield hits record

Primary issuance in the European high yield (HY) market surged in June with €21.2bn of supply marking the highest monthly volume on record.
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Reform proposals bring fresh hope of deeper ABS market
20 Jun 2025 TwentyFour Blog

Reform proposals bring fresh hope of deeper ABS market

Blog posts about regulation rarely trouble our most-read charts, but on this occasion we think the payback on time invested looks more compelling.
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Watching spreads and structures as ABS momentum builds
18 Jun 2025 TwentyFour Blog

Watching spreads and structures as ABS momentum builds

Last week marked another record-breaking year for the securitisation industry as over 5,500 market participants gathered in Barcelona for the annual Global ABS conference, surpassing last year’s attendance and reflecting the growing momentum across both public asset-backed securities (ABS) and private asset-backed finance (ABF) markets.
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 European high yield untroubled by default rate spike
5 Jun 2025 TwentyFour Blog

European high yield untroubled by default rate spike

The European high yield (HY) default rate spiked higher in May with the largest monthly default volume on record (€6bn).
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