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The European Union has allowed lobbyists to blunt the teeth of its long-awaited money market fund reform act.
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Last quarter’s 3.2% US GDP growth estimates point to growing confidence in the world’s largest economy and is a sign that the era of the low rates and low growth may be drawing to a close. -
The European Central Bank, European Commission and the European Banking Authority are pulling in different directions when it comes to covered bonds with extendible maturity structures. Time for a bit of harmonisation.
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The quixotic quest of Minneapolis Federal Reserve president Neel Kashkari to “end too big to fail” requires nothing less than a total reordering of US bank regulation (and probably implies ditching Basel as well). But really solving the problem can’t just mean restructuring the banking system, it means nothing less changing how we think about money and debt as well.
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IPOs in Hong Kong this year have been dominated by friends and family investors or throttled by cornerstone accounts. But the appearance of technology company Meitu could be the deal the market needs to attract foreign investors, so it can’t be allowed to slip into the ranks of mainland dominated deals.
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The uncertainty fueled by the events of 2016 has left the markets shaken with many issuers reticent about launching new deals before the end of the year. But borrowers keen to put the year behind them should think twice about betting on 2017. With impending elections in Europe and Donald Trump’s inauguration, there is plenty that could cause markets to unravel in the first quarter.
