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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. -
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.
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Banks outside the top five in the league tables, especially those operating in emerging market bonds, often sing a song that would tug at the heart strings if set against a solo violin. They claim that the league tables for CEEMEA deals often do not represent the banks that do the bulk of business in each region because the huge jumbo deals that occasionally spring up skew the results wildly in favour of the big firms. But the numbers show that claim is utter nonsense.
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There is a fantastic case for owning Tesla shares, but investors cannot realistically asses its merits when the price is prone to huge daily moves, often driven by the whim of its errant leader. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) needs to muzzle Musk.
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As the world has cottoned on to how its dominant role in the CLO market has exploded, Japan’s Norinchukin Bank is apparently under the regulatory spotlight too. There’s nothing wrong with it buying loan exposure by the bucketload, but where it marks that lot might merit close examination.
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Emmanuel Macron has called for the creation of a European Climate Bank to finance the European Union’s “ecological transition” towards a climate friendly economy. While the French president’s plea for such financing is right and urgent, creating yet another European supranational entity is not the most efficient solution, especially as the EU already has a world leader in sustainable lending — the European Investment Bank.
