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Little green men could be closer than they appear
Scrutiny of regulatory proposals by those without securitization expertise is a feature, not a bug
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Sukuk stepped into the spotlight after JP Morgan decided to include Islamic bonds in its EM bond indices, but while eligibility will give the asset class a boost, it will be a while before the product is more broadly used. -
Janet Yellen’s August 26 speech at the Jackson Hole Economic summit once again suggested the imminent arrival of rate hikes, but it’s an act which the market is beginning to tire of.
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The Specified Undertaking of the Unit Trust of India (Suuti), the government agency looking to sell down its holdings in 51 companies, did the right thing when it recently revised a request for proposals after clashing with potential bidders. But the drama shows that the body should have gotten it right the first time.
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Europe’s faltering on margin rules for uncleared swaps this year has, for some market participants, proved that the trans-Atlantic regulatory rollout has reached breaking point – a reckoning that, perversely, could buy the market some relief in the form of a slowdown in the regulatory pace.
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Private executions, club deals, non-disclosure agreements and bilateral executions all have their place in the arsenals of syndicate desks and issuers, particularly in the securitization market. But taken together, they are harmful to the market.
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A Bank of England paper has mooted the idea of GDP-linked bonds as a means of reining in governments’ ballooning debt to GDP ratios.
