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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. -
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.
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The past year has seen the rupiah plunge against the US dollar, which means Indonesian corporates face rising costs when it comes to repaying their foreign currency debt. A more sustainable option would be to sell domestic bonds, but the rupiah bond market will need some sprucing up to convince Indonesian issuers to come back home.
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The European Financial Stability Facility may not have to print oversubscribed benchmarks just to show that the eurozone isn’t falling apart any more, but it still has to step up on occasion.
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It is a stock phrase among bankers that no single deal can reopen the Russian loan market. One or two swallows would not make a summer. But Uralkali’s return with a transaction this week must raise the hopes of the country’s other borrowers.
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Financial markets had a good laugh when the ECB press conference was interrupted by protester Josephine Witt dumping confetti on Mario Draghi. This turned to puzzlement when she released what appeared to be a poem, describing herself as a butterfly. But she has a point.
