Deutsche Bank shares slumped on Friday, putting the health of another globally systemic important bank in the spotlight heading into the weekend.
The German lender’s shares DBK,
Deutsche Bank’s 5-year credit-default swaps widened on Thursday, in what Reuters reported was the largest one-day rise in its history. And on Friday, they widened again.
It should be noted that Deutsche Bank’s 5-year credit-default swap, which was 215 on Friday, is nowhere near the peak for Credit Suisse, which was 1,194, according to S&P Global data. The higher the value of the CDS, the more likely the market sees the issuer defaulting.
Deutsche Bank’s AT1 bonds have tumbled in value after Switzerland wiped out Credit Suisse’s CSGN,
The Invesco AT1 Capital Bond UCITS ETF AT1,
“It is doubtful that banks will be able to issue new AT1 anytime soon, increasing the likelihood of outstanding AT1 notes being extended. We consider that the recent events in the banking sector have resulted in substantially increased uncertainty, which is likely to continue to be reflected as substantial short-term volatility in credit markets,” said analysts at ING.
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Related: Analysts say UBS will face revenue pressure before it can cut Credit Suisse costs.
Analysts also noted that a foreign institution tapped a Fed facility for $60 billion, according to data released by the U.S. central bank on Thursday. The Fed does not identify the counterparties. Major central banks do have access to swap lines for dollar borrowing from the Fed, meaning that either it was an institution that does not have that capability, or it was one that wanted to do so anonymously.
Furthermore, Bloomberg News reported the U.S. government was investigating banks including Credit Suisse and UBS for allegedly helping Russians evade U.S. sanctions.
