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New rules on Indian offshore borrowings have dismayed local bankers as it bans them from participating in offshore deals for non-bank financial corporations and firms that support infrastructure — the bread and butter of their loans business. But the changes are not a bad thing and will shake Indian lenders out of their complacency. -
The ECB’s increasingly heavy hints of its intentions have market players thinking that a cut to the deposit rate on December 3rd is almost a foregone conclusion.
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It has been a stressful time to bring IPOs to market recently, and a good many have failed. But the signs are that 2016 will begin with investors cash-rich and ready to listen to new deal stories.
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Chinese debt houses have gained market share this year thanks in no small part to the power of their balance sheets. While competitors have long criticised Chinese banks’ willingness to use capital to win a place on deals, there’s little reason to stop an approach that is clearly reaping rewards.
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Policy makers and regulators don’t like risks, which is why they keep attempting the impossible — regulating them out of existence. The most recent example comes in the form of the European Commission’s Prospectus Directive III.
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Transparency has been among the top priorities of regulators and policy makers in the post-crisis era, but they don’t seem to understand what kind of information is important or when it becomes so.
