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Turbulent market conditions of the Middle East war have pushed bond issuers and investors to try new things
A swift response is tempting, but lenders should avoid kneejerk reaction
Talk of de-dollarisation has evaporated. The dollar market remains the undisputed king of financing
Inflation caused by war threatens budding recovery in commercial real estate
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Last week marked what looks like the death of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a comprehensive trade agreement that would have heralded closer integration between the US and the high growth economies of the Asia-Pacific region. -
There’s been no shortage of volatility in recent years, often ignited by one-off exogenous events — regional political uncertainties, the unexpected tone in a phrasing uttered by a central banker — and founded on a prolonged search for yield that has led to a one-sided market.
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It has been a common argument in the post-crisis years that excessive regulation has hurt American consumers by blocking access to credit. Given President-elect Donald Trump’s repeated promises to repeal the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act — and the likelihood of a better business climate for banks — do consumers stand to benefit at all?
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The United States has elected a president who wants to tear up the country’s climate commitments, and burn coal like there’s no tomorrow. But financial institutions don’t need to follow the path of collective insanity. Many banks have already committed to stop or reduce their lending to coal. Even if the US government gets back into this obsolete, dirty fuel, banks should not follow.
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The Chinese government is starting to sound like a broken record by repeating over and over again that there is nothing to fear from the continued depreciation of the renminbi. But with the currency hitting an eight-year low against the dollar, it’s time for Beijing to provide some genuine guidance before the markets stop listening for good.
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The European Central Bank’s politicised decision to allow bail-inable German senior unsecured debt to be eligible for repo, whilst denying the same rights for everyone else, is untenable.
