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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. -
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.
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A list of 27 Russian banks and corporates have set up the Analytical Credit Rating Agency, and staffed it with some of the biggest names in the Russian capital markets. But while Russia needs a domestic ratings agency more than ever, its biggest challenge will be establishing credibility.
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In the build-up to the Paris-based United Nations Climate Talks this weekend, banks are falling over themselves to demonstrate green credentials through their lending, their asset books and their borrowing. But just as important is what they choose not to finance, and why.
