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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. -
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.
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There has been enough jockeying for position between Greece’s newly elected government and its international creditors. It’s time to sit down with an agreement that works — and that means concessions on both sides.
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Three CEEMEA bonds printed last week with zero or very low new issue premiums — the first time any bond from the region has issued so tightly since November. But though the market is great for certain borrowers, the good results are only a sign that investors have become as selective as the most self-important of bouncers. They are short of paper they positively want, rather than willing to buy across the board
