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The unusual execution of some recent Chinese euro deals might not be everyone’s cup of tea, especially those participants who like to preach best market practices. But the doomsayers should not be so quick to condemn. What the Chinese have shown is the type of flexibility that is needed to get deals done. -
When a market doubles in size in a year, only to collapse by a quarter in a few weeks, a dose of panic is all but guaranteed. That’s exactly what has been happening with Chinese stocks, which went from boom to bust in the blink of an eye. But more surprising than the panicked reactions of Chinese regulators have been the many voices among international observers that the crisis spells doom for the RMB internationalisation process. That seems unlikely.
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CEEMEA borrowers pounced on a clear window this week and paid for it with premiums as high as 50bp. But while everyone talks about the size of the concessions, it's worth noting that issuers showed the maturity to accept them.
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What the Greece agreement means for its future and European democracy is open to debate. But the Greek crisis’s can kicking of the last few years will certainly increase in volume and frequency — meaning SSAs should get used to a window driven market.
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China’s domestic stock market has been gripped by chaos in recent weeks, and as investors duck for cover, it would be easy for bankers to fall back on cornerstone support to get deals done. But they would be missing a crucial opportunity for Asia ECM to grow up.
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The new chief executives at Deutsche Bank and Barclays have plenty of challenges ahead. Internal bureaucracy could well be the biggest.
