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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.
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Equity analysts, Barclays shareholders, regulators and even journalists have all had a pop at fixed income trading of late. Apparently, it’s too expensive to run and doesn’t make enough money. Too many people, too much capital (leverage or RWAs to taste) and too many banks involved. So it is refreshing to hear the case for staying the course in the business.
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The leveraged loan market has hosted some atypically big M&A deals over the last few months, including most recently €7.5bn for DE Master Blenders. But these attention-grabbing deals cannot hide the continued paucity of deals in the mid-market.
