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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. -
The Monetary of Singapore (MAS) has put out a new consultation paper on covered bonds that aims to clear up several outstanding snags that have held back banks from issuing. But while the MAS has correctly pinpointed most of the problems, what it really needs to tackle is the sticky issue of who has first claim on the asset pool.
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Will Weaver’s promotion to run the EMEA debt capital markets business at Citi last week took many by surprise. That was no comment on Weaver’s talents, but on the expectation widely held that top jobs can't go to CEEMEA bankers. After all, they rarely do.
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No sooner has the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect got up and running than attention is already turning to the Next Big Thing — the expansion of the scheme into new markets and new asset classes. The fervour is understandable, but premature. Market participants should get to grips with what they have first before lobbying for shiny new toys.
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The plight of Raiffeisen Bank International has been horrifying and fascinating for the central and eastern European loan market over recent months and its disclosure of a big earnings hit will have been watched closely by other Western banks with heavy exposure to Russia and Ukraine. But RBI’s problems are its own and do not — yet — suggest a crisis in the Russia business for other lenders.
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The plight of Raiffeisen Bank International has been horrifying and fascinating for the Central and Eastern European loan market over recent months and its disclosure of a big earnings hit will have been watched closely by other western banks with heavy exposure to Russia and Ukraine. But RBI’s problems are its own and do not – yet – suggest a crisis in the Russia business for other lenders.
