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The US Commodity Trading Futures Commission's split over whether to accept Japan's uncleared margin rules as equivalent to the US was not an ideal outcome. But the decision, however contentious, is a pragmatic step which will motivate further convergence between regulatory regimes. -
Even if the European private placement market develops its own version of the USA’s NAIC ratings, that will not make tougher credits more digestible to institutional investors. But creating a Capital Markets Union that funds Europe’s growth has to channel funds to riskier borrowers, and for that, investors must do their own credit work.
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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.
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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.
