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The Chinese and Hong Kong equity capital markets have been thriving since April, as relaxed capital controls on the Stock Connect fired up business. It’s only normal now for other markets to want to follow suit, with talks of Taiwan-Shanghai and Taiwan-Shanghai-Hong Kong links doing the rounds. The thinking is bold, but replicating the success of the Connect will not be easy. -
UBS is the darling of the Street, for restructuring its investment bank early and vigorously. But the moment to “do a UBS” might have passed.
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Investors could be forgiven for steering clear of English rugby club Wasps’ retail bond, on the basis that investing in sports clubs is a mugs’ game. But this deal is worth a double-take.
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Everyone knows the City votes with its wallet, and a Labour government will cost its professionals dear. But the Conservatives threaten its very existence.
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Vietnam seems determined to make its capital markets more appealing to an international audience, with a steady stream of changes to investment rules in recent months. A proposal to merge the Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchanges is another positive move but Vietnam is in danger of undermining its efforts if the newly enlarged body ends up based in Hanoi.
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Until recently, green covered bonds were always more of a theoretical discussion than one that had taken root. But they could be just what the central bank-oppressed market needs.
