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Investors are calling on the UK to issue green bonds. Should it? There is little doubt markets would like them — but the important question is, would the public? -
Loan bankers are coming to the painful realisation that emerging markets borrowers will be increasingly drawn to the bond market this year. Conditions there are becoming ever more attractive, perpetuating a decline in global loan volumes. But those companies abandoning loans for bonds should bear in mind the advantages of the loans market, not least its resilience.
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Spain has a limited amount of time to bring its Cédulas framework into line with the EU's Covered Bond Directive. A legal update is probably going to be less disruptive than a completely new law — but neither option is perfect.
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The decision by bond syndicates in Asia to reveal their orders for new deals will be a clear step forward for the market — but only if the practice becomes widespread.
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Financial markets have grown increasingly uncertain since the US government threatened earlier this month to impose a fourth round of tariffs on China. Chinese companies are beginning to lose sway with their investors: they need to get on with their fundraising plans before the trade war heats up any further.
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Metro Bank shareholders are nursing losses of around 70% since the start of the year. But if this is the worst of UK banking’s problems right now, the sector is in pretty good shape as it faces Brexit and digital disruption.
