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The potential merger of Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank has been repeatedly panned since it was first floated, with good reason. But at the level of the whole German banking system, there is a certain logic to it. -
Asia is gunning to be the world leader of green bond issuance but the market needs a spark to ignite new issuance. Sovereign green bonds will be the key to the continent’s growth in this sector.
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South Korea’s Homeplus Stores whipped the market up into a state of excitement over the last month as it lined up a real estate investment trust (Reit) the likes of which the country had never seen. Even more tantalising was the pipeline of large companies considering Reits of their own if Homeplus's offering went well. But it aimed too high and had to pull the deal, wrecking the party before it started.
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A vote to leave the EU has left the population of the UK divided. The country’s banking sector will increasingly come to share in this division, with the largest financial institutions able to muddle on in capital markets even as smaller lenders find themselves beholden to events in domestic politics.
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Time is running out for Commodity Futures Trading Commission chairman Christopher Giancarlo to pass his reforms of US swap execution facilities (SEFs) and few market participants seem to think that his proposals will pass in their entirety. But it is strange to expect regulators to stamp legacy policies on to their terms in the manner of a politician or CEO.
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Asia’s primary bond market has started the year with a bang. New dollar issuance has been steady, and issuers are getting increasingly confident in their ability to court investors with what can only be considered bull market deals. But the market isn’t strong enough to allow issuers to get away with such aggressive terms for long.
