Covered Bonds

Highlights

• 5 Nov 2019
  • Covered Bonds – Italy: New EU rules will strengthen national legal framework, a credit positive
    New EU rules will require Italy to strengthen its covered bond laws by introducing a 180 day liquidity buffer and new supervisory standards for issuers.   Full Report​
• 4 Nov 2019
  • EU emission pricing would pose low risk of losses for residential mortgage-backed securities and covered bond mortgages
    The EU's ambitious target to decarbonise residential and commercial building stock across the region by 2050 will pose risks to real estate structured finance deals. However, financial strains tied to a price on carbon emissions would be minimal, preventing substantial collateral losses for RMBS and covered bonds. Full Report​​​​​​​
• 9 Sep 2019
  • Covered bonds – Norway: Robust fundamentals support credit quality
    The credit quality of Norwegian covered bond programmes is strong. The programmes mainly differ by the credit strength of supporting banks, issuers' geographical business concentrations and programmes' degree of foreign-currency risk. Full Report​​ ​​ ​