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Scrutiny of regulatory proposals by those without securitization expertise is a feature, not a bug
Weak or half-hearted response to Greenland threats will leave markets crumbling
Over the last week the US president has pushed to make homes and consumer credit more affordable but these policies risk unintended consequences
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The Basel Committee was a wonderful idea when was first convened. But with bank liquidity measures becoming more difficult to codify and different jurisdictions going their own way on a number of issues, the idea behind a united global banking standard might soon become irrelevant. -
What will happen to share prices and bond returns if the climate warms by 1.5°C, 2°C, 3°C? You don’t know, and neither does anyone else. But these scenarios are probable. It’s time we worked it out — and a decision before the G20 next weekend could make a huge difference.
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China’s move to open up its domestic bond market to more foreign investment is being rightly applauded. But investors should be wary of the risks in a market that still has serious problems with governance and disclosure.
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Market conditions should be set by tangible data points. Pricing trillions of dollars of financial products based on the estimates of a small elite of submitters, however tightly regulated these days, is no longer tenable, and a change is due.
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As the first half comes to an end, the ECM market appears concerned that Hong Kong has lost its title as the top IPO destination in the world, slipping behind China and the US. The drop may be disappointing but market watchers should not read too much into that. The city’s exchange is on much stronger footing this year when compared to 2016.
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In the five years or so since the Libor scandal broke, or the 10 years since Libor itself broke as the financial crisis laid waste to interbank borrowing, the rate itself has done just fine.
