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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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India is finally set to welcome its first publicly listed infrastructure investment trusts (InvITs), with GMR Infrastructure and IRB Infrastructure Developers having officially asked the Securities and Exchange Board of India for approval to create and list their respective vehicles. But while the first deals are certainly welcome, much more needs to be done for the asset class to have a strong foundation. -
After two years of promoting renminbi internationalisation at full speed, Chinese regulators have put on the brakes as they go to extraordinary lengths to stop the currency leaving the country. Could RMB internationalisation become RMB re-nationalisation in 2016?
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The sell-off in European banks is terrifying and baffling, all at the same time. GlobalCapital would be first to admit there are still issues — poor growth, weak balance sheets, non-performing loans, defered tax assets, complex forms of untested capital cooked up in regulatory labs – but the continent’s biggest banks aren’t going anywhere. For one thing, they are still too big to fail.
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Europe’s banks, with a few notable exceptions, have yet to be hit hard with claims of unethical dealing. But that is likely to change. Thanks to a quirk of the European regulatory system, supervisors need to find some misselling before it is too late.
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BNP Paribas has impressive targets for cutting costs and increasing capital, after outshining some of its major competitors by posting a full year profit. But it needs to tell a compelling story about how it plans to hit them.
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It’s been an axiom of recent bank restructurings that more private banking and wealth management is better. Gather the substantial and sticky deposits of the wealthy, harness their investments, and skim fees off the top, using as little balance sheet as possible. Dodge the tax evasion fines, and it’s a good and stable business to be in.
