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China has announced a series of tax incentives to help boost demand for the non-existent Chinese Depository Receipt (CDR) market. But the authorities have it backwards, investors are available, finding a willing issuer is the problem. -
The European Stability Mechanism’s initiative to create the first public sector-backed bond platform could seriously disrupt the current model for issuing euro bonds. But the plan only makes sense if it brings down costs.
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The newly published Covered Bond Directive is viewed favourably by credit rating agencies, but it will not necessarily drive covered bond rating upgrades— in stark contrast to the Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive.
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Saudi Aramco’s $85bn of orders amassed before US investors even had the chance to buy makes a mockery of the idea that regulation has stopped the inflation of investor orders in bookbuilding.
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The US Securities and Exchange Commission should take the opportunity of errant tweeting from Tesla boss Elon Musk to figure out how it transitions to a more modern way of regulating market communication.
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China has in the past used panda bears for political gestures, loaning the rare creatures to countries with which it wants to forge ties. The bond market named after them looks similarly endangered, while deals priced there are also nothing more than international relations votives.
