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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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Distributed ledger technology, of which blockchain is one kind, has the potential to revolutionise all areas of financial markets very quickly. But the characteristics that make it a boon to market participants ensure regulators will have a hard job staying on top of it.
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Bankers are growing increasingly worried about investor fatigue in the face of the huge supply of bonds from the Middle East, and some are suggesting that a switch to euros could be a remedy. Tapping the single currency could help, but it won't be a quick solution for everyone.
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On the face of it, last week was a glorious time for Asia’s equity capital markets. Volumes got a huge leg up thanks to a $5.5bn bond exchangeable into Alibaba Group Holdings shares while stockholders jumped at the opportunity to sell overnight blocks. But look under the hood and this spurt of activity changes little. -
The successful distribution of a jumbo loan for ChemChina’s acquisition of Syngenta shows that Chinese banks have learned quickly from past mistakes. And as the trend of Chinese companies snapping up prized assets overseas intensifies, they will only get better at arranging large, complex deals.
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Regulators don’t want their banks getting any larger, and are offering incentives for firms to shrink. But as Italy gears up to rescue another firm with less than €50bn of assets, how small does a bank need to be before it’s no longer TBTF?
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CEEMEA league tables will be shaken up by a small number of huge trades from the Middle East. It is fair for the banks at the top of the tables to want to crow about their dominance, but issuers should look past the overall volume numbers when they pick banks.
