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      New ‘bail-in’ bonds pay lower coupons than senior debt

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      Lenders set to tap emergency central bank lending facility

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      Yield-starved European investors push a resurgence of the structured credit securities

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      Sovereign bonds
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      Net debt sales expected to fall up to 14%

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      Investors put €1.2tn into negative havens

      ‘Completely new asset class’ created by the ECB

    • Tuesday, 6 January, 2015
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      German bonds at new low on haven move

      Yields on 10-year Bunds fell to 0.44 per cent as rush to safety gathers momentum

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      Cash flows back into EU money funds

      Positive flows come despite negative yields

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      Lenders are paying back ECB loans rather than borrowing more for business lending

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      Greek stocks and bonds in sharp sell-off

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