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Singapore’s 2015 budget surprised many market participants this week when it was revealed that the 3% stamp duty remission enjoyed by the country’s real estate investment trusts will not be extended. While S-Reits will have to make do with higher costs, this is a smart move by the authorities. It will encourage the asset class to grow beyond the borders of the city state. -
Financial innovation deserves scepticism, especially unregulated investments offering retail investors supposed juicy returns. But while P2P lending merits scrutiny, it is both less useful, and less dangerous, than banking.
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A greenshoe clause in two tranches of UBS’s recent additional tier one (AT1) deal was a welcome development for a market that needs lower volatility and more confidence.
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Angola may have progressed to printing bonds in the public market, but the lure of opaque African private placements will continue to tempt others.
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Don’t be distracted by the razzmatazz. Peer-to-peer lenders walk like banks and quack like them. As a retail bond offering from Wellesley & Co in the UK makes clear, bankishness is one of the best things about P2P. But don’t go thinking the risks are the same.
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The omerta code works fine for a weekend in Sin City, but not for one of the US’s most important funding products. The securitization market must adapt to the spirit, not just the letter, of new transparency requirements — it is quickly running out of excuses not to do so.
