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Greater competition may already be paying dividends
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Some equity investors are hoping for a surprise gift before year-end if Donald Trump strikes a deal with Chinese president Xi Jinping at the G-20 summit in Buenos Aires to end trade hostility between the two nations, but they're clutching at straws. -
The Asian equity-linked market had a rare treat last week when Country Garden Holdings sold a convertible bond using a call spread feature. Its success has ignited hopes of more such deals, but ECM bankers and issuers should be wary of mixing dreams with reality.
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Some Latin American DCM bankers think the year is over for new issuance, and several are indeed wishing it already were. Though much of what put the brakes on in Lat Am this year will continue to affect the market in 2019, bond bankers should find reasons to believe January will be better.
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No bond issuer is safe in this volatile market. Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) learned that the hard way when it was forced to pull a dual-tranche floating rate deal last week. Its failure should serve as a warning sign to other borrowers.
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EU supervisors should not need Andrea Enria, chair of the European Banking Authority, to tell them that full transparency on Pillar 2 is beneficial for the capital markets. It should have been clear all along.
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Babytree Group and Tongcheng-Elong Holdings hit the market with their Hong Kong IPOs at an unfortunate time and volatility forced both companies to take a knife to their fundraising targets. But their moves may pay off in the long-term.
