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Middle East fees for bonds have been crunched over the last year as competition heats up in the region to win mandates and other ancillary business. But issuers must be careful not to kill the golden goose.
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A post-oil world is no longer a hippy fantasy. By 2100, G7 leaders have declared, the global economy should no longer be cooking on gas. Policy and markets now face profound change.
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Khazanah Nasional took a huge step forward for socially responsible investment (SRI) in Malaysia this month with the country’s first sukuk in the sector, adopting a unique structure that could see investors’ pay-out reduced. It is a bold move for social reform, but Khazanah’s SRI sukuk may be a bit too ahead of its time. -
The transaction that was supposed to open up the additional tier one market in South Korea ended up having the opposite effect last week as Woori Bank’s penny-pinching led to a heavy sell-off in secondary. Woori is unlikely to be damaged by the incident, but it needs to recognise that its actions have consequences for the rest of the market.
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Century bonds are easy to criticise, but few instruments generate such momentum around a credit and we mustn’t forget that when they happen it is for a reason: investors want them.
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The Reserve Bank of India recently eased rules on rupee denominated loans as its takes tentative steps to internationalise the currency. Critics have found fault with the pace of change, but the central bank is right to take it slow as the country has plenty of work to do to make sure its economy is in a stronger position before there can be a pick-up in the pace of reform.
