In order to buy bonds directly from the German Bank (the “Primary” market), you have to be on their accredited list. The Primary buyers then resell the bonds to the “Secondary” market, hopefully for a profit.
Well, the buyers stayed home today. That might indicate a list of which banks are getting really nervous about their own liquidity:
(this is a work in progress)
| Firm | Country | Assets under management (Billion Euros) | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABN AMRO Bank N.V. | Netherlands | 153 | |
| Banca IMI S.p.A. | Italy | 110 | |
| Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. | Spain | 544 | |
| Banco Santander S.A. | Spain | 1,250 | Based on "5 Pillars" of banking |
| Bankhaus Lampe KG | Germany | undisclosed | Owned by the Oetker family |
| Barclays Bank PLC | England | 545 (pounds, not euros) | |
| Bayerische Landesbank | Germany | ||
| BHF-Bank Aktiengesellschaft | Germany | Private Bank | |
| BNP Paribas S.A. | France | ||
| Citigroup Global Markets Limited | United States | ||
| COMMERZBANK Aktiengesellschaft | Germany | ||
| Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank | France | ||
| Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited | Switzerland | ||
| DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale | Germany | ||
| DEUTSCHE BANK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT DZ BANK AG | Germany | ||
| Deutsche Zentral-Genossenschaftsbank | Germany | ||
| Goldman Sachs International Bank | United States | ||
| HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt AG | |||
| ING Bank N.V. | Netherlands | ||
| Jefferies International Limited | United States | ||
| J.P. Morgan Securities Ltd. | United States | ||
| Landesbank Baden-Württemberg | Germany | ||
| Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen Girozentrale | Germany | ||
| Merrill Lynch International | United States | ||
| Mizuho International plc | Japan | ||
| Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc | United States | ||
| Natixis | Netherlands | 772 | |
| Nomura Bank (Deutschland) GmbH | Japan | ||
| Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale | Germany | ||
| Nordea Bank Finland plc | Norway / Finland | ||
| RBC Europe Limited | Canada | ||
| Scotiabank Europe plc | Canada | ||
| Société Générale S.A. | France | ||
| State Street Bank and Trust Company, | United States | Huge Boston based company that manages portfolios, sells ETFs, etc.. | |
| The Royal Bank of Scotland plc | Scotland (uk) | ||
| UBS Deutschland AG | Switzerland | ||
| UniCredit Bank AG | Spain |