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China’s impending Panda bond framework offered the country a chance to sort out a messy approval process that deters all but the most dedicated issuers. Instead, the country doubled-down on chaos. -
China’s peer-to-peer lenders are once again staring into the abyss, following a string of recent scandals and a new crackdown by regulators. As the noose tightens around the sector, IPO-hopefuls like Weidai should tread with caution.
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Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has frequently used FX and equity market investors as straw men on which to blame Turkey’s economic woes, rather than his own government’s economic mismanagement, a claim given veracity now by the petulant tweeting of US president Donald Trump.
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Amid the chaos in Turkey, bankers are pitching bond buy-back opportunities to the country's beleaguered banks. Many argue that those in a position to take them up should be looked upon favourably by investors. The problem is, those investors might not even notice.
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Initiatives by US president Donald Trump to slow the corporate earnings reporting cycle are aiming for the wrong target. Less frequent reporting might be helpful to real estate developers with a penchant for bankruptcy, but three-monthly numbers are adequate for mainstream capital markets. That doesn’t mean, however, that the system is perfect.
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Another month, another set of headlines to scare even the most resolute of EM investors. Yet it is nearly time for Latin American primary markets to make a comeback, and issuers shouldn't let their plans get derailed.
