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Whole-business spice: Consumer appetite for new debt kept US ABS running at a steady pace – at least until the autumn, when a fresh barrage of deals faltered. For helping the market regain momentum just when it needed it most, Barclays is IFR’s North America ABS House of the Year.
A slowdown in boom-era CMBS refinancing meant that to remain relevant property lenders were forced to get creative. For winning many of the biggest mega deals and delivering, Citigroup is IFR’s North America MBS House of the Year.
In a year when UK issuance of dollar-denominated securitisations ballooned to US$6.5bn, one bank towered above rivals in winning mandates from clients large and small. Lloyds Bank is IFR’s EMEA Structured Finance House of the Year.
A decade on from the demise of Lehman Brothers – and with a new generation of leaders at the helm – the banking sector has reached a turning point. Legacy issues from the crisis have faded in intensity and, while some potentially formidable challenges lie on the horizon, the industry narrative has at last shifted to thinking about the future.
Only a small number of European banks have the firepower and geographic reach to compete with rampant US rivals. The rest must either focus on pockets of excellence or merge.
Over the decades, Japanese banks have been criticised, fairly or unfairly, as having a boom-bust approach to international business. How do the international ambitions of Japan’s major financial groups stack up today amid ongoing monetary stimulus at home and a challenging environment overseas? Is it different this time?
With the US Federal Reserve shrinking its balance sheet and the ECB emerging from quantitative easing, the bond market is likely to present opportunities in corporate debt.
The barriers around China’s capital markets are coming down, just as politicians threaten to escalate Sino-US tensions into an all-out trade war.
2018 has been an exciting year for Green finance. It may not have been a record-breaking year for issuance, but the product has conquered new markets such as Schuldschein and commercial paper.
