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Over the last week the US president has pushed to make homes and consumer credit more affordable but these policies risk unintended consequences
Issuance volumes may be high but demand is even higher. Credit issuers in particular should take full advantage
Hounding the Fed does not make the US bond market more attractive
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Disallowing the use of senior bail-in debt as collateral at the ECB has alarmed some parts of the market — but discouraging banks from buying other banks' debt should be applauded. -
Since cryptocurrencies started to go legit, many in the market assumed legitimate uses for the technology would marginalise criminal uses that characterised bitcoin’s early development. This was naïve. Venezuela’s foray into the sector show that avoiding the constraints of the mainstream financial system remains at the heart of the cryptocurrency value proposition.
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Albaraka Turk scored a solid first last week when it issued Turkey’s first Basel III compliant additional tier one bond, but while this marks progress, it will take one of the country’s larger banks to establish a true benchmark.
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The Schuldschein market's reputation as a gentlemanly club is at risk of diverging from reality. Competition is becoming fiercer and arrangers are employing every weapon in their armouries to win mandates. This is how capital markets behave — but the Schuldschein market should not follow.
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The Asian loan market has had to battle a tough few years, with record volumes in 2014 tailed by four straight annual declines. But loans bankers in the region have a feeling their time may have come.
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Following an €8.1bn state bail-out, Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena still has its work cut out in putting ticks in the boxes of its 2021 restructuring plan.
