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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
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The prospect of the first international bank capital trade from India is closer with State Bank of India on the road this week for a dollar-denominated additional tier one. While it has picked a good window, it needs to get the pricing right or risk derailing the rest of the market. -
When the Bank of England published the list of bonds it could buy under its new corporate bond purchasing scheme, set to run from the beginning of October, it only underlined how poorly suited the sterling corporate capital market is for extraordinary monetary policy.
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Silk Road bonds are one of the latest gimmicks bankers are trying to promote with an event dedicated to the topic taking place in Hong Kong last week. While the concept of the bonds, linked directly to China’s ambitious Belt and Road initiative, is promising, proper guidelines need to be in place for the product to take off.
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Total European Central Bank asset purchases may have topped €1tr, but the much maligned ABS purchase programme is still barely treading water. Loosening the bank’s buying criteria might help, if central bankers are serious about the scheme.
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With another slew of mediocre investment banking results due, there’s a renewed round of calls for 'radical visions' and 'thinking outside the box'. But, while thinking the unthinkable has its merits, it’s the hard, detailed work inside the box that pays the bills.
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There is a lot of talk about how the UK has brushed off Brexit, with a series of strong data releases coming thick and fast. But so much of the chatter refers to a “post-Brexit bounce” — an odd phrase, given that Brexit has neither happened nor begun to happen.
