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Loans and Schuldscheine have always sat side by side. With a similar lender base and documentation, the two seem almost interchangeable. This year banks have been capitalising on that similarity and driving issuance to new heights, but they should not get carried away — restructuring a Schuldschein is a lot more painful than with a loan.
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The reputation of the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) as a feared watchdog took a hit last week when a US Court of Appeals ruled against the regulator in a suit brought against it by PHH Mortgage. But opponents of the agency should not be confident that it has been completely defanged.
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Goldman Sachs’s new online lending platform Marcus, which was launched last Thursday, has to prove itself in an industry where the ability to scale and the retention of a loyal customer base determines who gets to stay in the game. -
Doosan Bobcat and its IPO advisers were left red-faced after the company was forced to pull its W2.4tr ($2.2bn) float in South Korea last week. The deal is making a quick comeback and the leads have done what they can to turn the situation around. But the incident serves as an object lesson in how not to do an IPO.
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Maturing deals issued by Washington Mutual and National Bank of Greece show covered bonds doing precisely what they're supposed to — redeem in full and on time.
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European banks, especially the Italians, need to solve their non-performing loan problem, agrees everyone from the European Central Bank to the least informed finance hack out there. But the revelations coming out of Royal Bank of Scotland’s restructuring unit show it’s not always a pleasant process.
