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Luxembourg’s debut in the sukuk market last week was a great advert for the asset class and rounded off a run of ground-breaking deals from new borrowers. But despite bankers reporting interest from other European sovereigns in the aftermath – and suggestions the Grand Duchy itself will return next year – it is unlikely that its western neighbours will follow soon.
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Harmonising covered bond standards tends to make eyes glaze over. The myriad different regimes and labyrinth of technicalities involved, can seem baffling and trivial. But it would be a mistake to believe the project is an open-ended soft option that will never really happen.
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For the green bond market to flourish, it must be fully viable and survive without public sector support. But governments in developed countries have a clear deadline by which they have to make serious cuts to emissions and raise serious funds to help developing countries do the same — so any support to the burgeoning market in that time should be palatable.
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau wants to make written complaints public on its online consumer complaints database. Unsurprisingly, the Mortgage Bankers Association objects. But when online customer reviews have empowered consumers in other sectors, why should the banking industry get special treatment?
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The life of a syndicate banker is fraught with early mornings and sleep deprivation, meaning weekends and holidays are a crucial time for recharging your batteries and hiding the bags under your eyes. Unless, of course, you’re blessed with the boundless energy of National Australia Bank’s Nigel Owen.
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With Chinese banks needing a recordbreaking amount of bank capital over the next few years and the first deal expected by the end of 2014, the scaremongers are out force. But as with so much to do with China, the reality is unlikely to be as bad as some would have us believe.
