European Covered Bond Council

European Covered Bond Council

Logo of the European Covered Bond Council
Abbreviation	ECBC
Established	2004; 22 years ago (2004)
Founder	European Mortgage Federation
Type	Trade association
Location	Brussels, Belgium
Region served	Worldwide
Official language	English
Website	hypo.org/ecbc/

The European Covered Bond Council is trade association representing covered bond market participants including covered bond issuers, analysts, investment bankers, rating agencies and a wide range of other interested stakeholders.

History

The group founded by the European Mortgage Federation in November 2004.

Working groups

The European Covered Bond Council has seven technical Working Groups:

• EU Legislation Working Group
• ECBC Technical Issues Working Group
• Research and Data Working Group
• Market Related Issues Working Group'
• Covered Bond Fact Book Working Group
• Rating Agency Approaches Working Group
• Global Issues Working Group

Publications

• The ECBC Covered Bond Fact Book
• ECBC concept note on third country equivalence for a global implementation of the Covered Bond Directive

External links

• European Covered Bond Council website
• Covered Bond Label website