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Turbulent market conditions of the Middle East war have pushed bond issuers and investors to try new things
A swift response is tempting, but lenders should avoid kneejerk reaction
Talk of de-dollarisation has evaporated. The dollar market remains the undisputed king of financing
Inflation caused by war threatens budding recovery in commercial real estate
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Greece’s euro-denominated future hangs in the balance. Greater integration and less sovereignty is needed to save the European project, but the ideological gap between Greece and Germany shows it will be nearly impossible to achieve. -
Investors in bank senior unsecured bonds have sailed through most of the crisis believing they are safe from haircuts if the bank fails. They’ve been wrong before, and as time goes on, it should be ever more clear that they face real credit risk.
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With the first US rate hike in years drawing closer, it’s no surprise to see analysts and public officials singling EM out as the source of the next credit crisis. But a well-meaning warning without nuance can look a lot like scaremongering.
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Indonesia's central bank was right to introduce new rules on foreign debt issuance by private corporates in January. Untethered growth in foreign debt without adequate hedging is a dangerous combination, as Indonesia's currency crisis in 1998 showed.
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The battle between exchanges in the US, Hong Kong and mainland China to lure technology companies to list has intensified. Now Hong Kong is once again considering allowing the dual class shareholding favoured by tech companies. But the city’s exchange should not bow too quickly to the pressure to change its one share, one vote system.
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The bookrunner league tables for international sukuk are skewed by huge lead manager line-ups and low overall volumes, so must be taken with a pinch of salt.
