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Guotai Junan Securities Co’s IPO in Hong Kong is sending all the right messages, but the most important one may be its smaller reliance on cornerstone investors. It has placed just under 30% of the HK$16.5bn ($2.1bn) float to six funds — a move that may well mark a turning point for oversized cornerstone allocations in the city. -
Deutsche Bank’s latest wheeze to pay its best and brightest might look like a crafty sleight of hand typical of weaselly bankers. But having announced a pared-back bonus pool just a few weeks ago, it transpires the firm has ear-marked extra dosh to make up for it. Under the hair shirt was a silk vest all along, one might think. However, Deutsche has no choice but to pay the market rate for staff if it is to deliver any return to shareholders.
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The performance of the Asia bond market over the past couple of weeks, despite the macro moves elsewhere, has shown that it can drive forward independently of events in the west. With European and US political volatility waiting in the wings, Asian DCM’s self-sufficiency bodes well.
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A move by Experian, Equifax and TransUnion to remove tax liens and civil judgement data from consumer credit reports from July 1 will be a boon to subprime consumers in the short term, but lenders and the ABS markets could suffer in the long run.
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The Scottish city of Aberdeen may be long past its 1980s heyday — when it was the hub of the burgeoning North Sea oil industry and its football team was one of the most feared in Europe — but it could soon find itself being a useful capital markets bellwether for the latest constitutional crisis to hit the UK.
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It is all very well pressing to harmonise bank resolution frameworks across Europe, but the market has to get on with harmonising the terminology as well.
