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As London waits to see the Brexit deal that emerges for the UK’s financial services industry, one small part of the sector has quietly received a big legal boost. -
The US CMBS industry is clawing back market share in real estate lending by targeting high end hotel and office properties with single loan deals. But lenders have had to loosen their standards to do so, and the proliferation of single loan deals will concentrate risk in a market designed to diversify it.
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UBS’s heads of ultra high net worth wealth management argued, in a Davos-themed special, about the importance of enticing private capital to buy the sustainable bonds of multilateral development banks (MDBs). There are plenty of ways investors can encourage sustainability, but buying more MDB bonds ranks pretty low.
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Banks across the Street have sought to woo shareholders with business models that celebrate the holy matrimony between Steady Eddie wealth management and (supposedly) reformed wild child investment banking. But the repercussions on bank earnings from the demise of South African retailer Steinhoff are a reminder that the course of true love never did run smooth.
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Komodo bonds — offshore Indonesian rupiah bonds — are finally sputtering into life. This week, the second such deal by an Indonesian company has shown their potential. But don’t count your dragons before they hatch. The market will always be limited — and that’s a good thing.
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Bitcoin has, since its creation, been a wild ride. Volatility is part of its charm — after all, where else do you get more than 1,500% growth in a year? But if, or when, it crashes for good, how would it play out?
