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  • Argentina’s record-breaking return to international capital markets was priced much tighter than many investors would have liked. But the country's president Mauricio Macri is exactly the kind of leader EM investors have been looking for, so the exceptionally strong performance in the aftermarket is more than understandable.
  • Several covered bond issuers have removed the swaps in their covered bond programmes in the face of onerous regulatory obligations. This has improved their funding efficiency and given investors a less risky, more transparent and potentially higher yielding product. Others should follow.
  • Argentina’s record-breaking return to international capital markets will be priced much tighter than many investors would have liked. But President Mauricio Macri is exactly the kind of leader EM investors have been looking for, so expect the deal to receive strong support in the aftermarket.
  • Several covered bond issuers have removed the swaps in their covered bond programmes, in the face of onerous regulatory obligations. This has improved their funding efficiency and given investors a less risky, more transparent, and potentially higher yielding product. Others should follow.
  • The UK moved quickly, and a long way, on bank capital, but apparently it hasn’t done enough. In a year when the Basel Committee is supposed to be finally finishing its own capital rules, do we really need more uncertainty?
  • South Korea has been one of the most active Asian equity capital markets in 2016 with high expectations that IPO volumes this year will be its largest on record. The figures are reassuring, but the KRX appears hell bent on wooing southeast Asian issuers to its stock exchange. Focusing on its strengths instead would be far more fruitful.