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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. -
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.
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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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Banco Sabadell was right to approach its possible 10 year covered bond with caution. But if it had been serious about the longer tranche, it would have shown the market a realistic spread.
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Creating money is very different to funnelling it from place to place. Unblocking Europe’s funding conduits is a worthy initiative, but banks are still a breed apart, and bank regulation still matters more than anything that comes out of Capital Markets Union.
