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Astonishing investor inflows into the loan market on both sides of the Atlantic since the beginning of the year have raised the tantalizing prospect of the CLO market returning to Europe.

Overall market share (These tables are dollarised/based on the four major currency volumes only/maturity neutralised)

Ever since Banco Santander was named Euromoney’s bank of the year for 2012, I have been keeping a wary eye on the Spanish lender, which is also Europe’s largest bank. The share price bottomed at approximately €4 around the time of the award. This was the same level reached in March 2009. Since last July, Santander shares rose, phoenix-like, to nearly €6.50 in late January 2013, before falling back a bit. Interestingly, the chart of Santander’s stock price is similar to that of the overall Spanish market (the IBEX 35) which is probably not surprising.

The ramifications of selling contingent convertible bonds (CoCos) to retail buyers could be brutally illustrated by the bailout of Cyprus’s banking sector, while ties with Russia complicate strategy.

The death of the Australian mining boom has been exaggerated and should help the country’s currency recover after its recent sell-off.

It’s the pre-tax loss at RBS that tells the real story not the so-called operating profit.

"We are trying to actualize a market that has been very much talked about but primarily theoretical"

"[Gallic shrug with arms fully extended to the side and look of bemusement and disdain]"

I am rapidly becoming an African aficionado. Maybe Barclays’ Jenkins is on the right track in targeting Africa as a key region of growth for Barclays. A mole was at the recent South African mining conference Indaba in Cape Town and reports record attendance and a febrile atmosphere of deal-making.

Everyone’s talking about cloud but, thus far, the adoption of this transformational technology has been hindered by regulatory and security fears. Nevertheless, the cloud will have a crucial role to play in the world of transaction banking in the years ahead.

I would like to refrain from carping from the sidelines, but I can’t help myself. Is there not the tiniest bit of hypocrisy in Saint Antony’s finger-wagging? After all, Jenkins was a close colleague of his now unpopular predecessor, Bob Diamond. Before ascending to the chief executive throne, Jenkins ran Barclays’ retail and business banking division. He was appointed to this role in November 2009 and thus became caught up in the tail end of the payment protection insurance scandal. Banks were found to have been selling insurance to clients who had no need of it. To date, Barclays has set aside some £2.6 billion to compensate customers.

A large part of the debate on Latin American debt issuance will be resolved by what happens to the high level of liquidity that is available to Latin American issuers today when higher yields are available from the developed markets, and in particular in the US. Will the demand from international investors rotate back into developed market assets or will it stay emerging market focused?