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The Conservatives have joined Labour and the Liberal Democrats in promising to boost the Scottish government’s tax-raising powers if voters decide to stay in the UK at September’s independence referendum. But the major three parties should go one step further and add serious debt raising powers to the deal — rather than the piddling £2.2bn offered so far.
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Central and Eastern Europe has benefited from a rally over the last few months, as funds have rotated out of Russia and into that region. But with tensions seemingly subsiding in eastern Ukraine and bankers eagerly expecting a return of Russian bond issues before the end of the year, the flows may start to reverse. The revival of Russian business could come at the expense of appetite for the CEE.
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Turkey has endured a year of turmoil since the Gezi Park protests and a prolonged emerging market sell-off derailed its economic boom. But even as protesters and police mark the anniversary with another splash of teargas, Halkbank’s result last week shows Turkey’s banks have a prime opportunity to return to the bond market and underscore the country’s strong recovery. Banks thinking of waiting for the third quarter might do well to come now. -
Dubai should push on with its plan to create a central Shariah board. Although the emirate has made good progress in striving to become the self-styled “centre for the Islamic economy”, the time is ripe for a breakthrough that would create a lasting legacy.
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Dubai should push on with its plan to create a central Shariah board. Although the emirate has made good progress in striving to become the self-styled “centre for the Islamic economy”, the time is ripe for a breakthrough that would create a lasting legacy.
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Naysayers claimed that the remarkable run for the eurozone periphery since the turn of the year could be over after a sell-off in the sovereigns’ debt a couple of weeks ago. But with the European Parliamentary elections out of the way and pro-EU parties just about topping the bill, there is plenty of room for the rally to go on.
