European Covered Bond Council

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