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January frontloading is traditional for sovereign issuers, but could be more important this year than ever. Investor demand and the prospect of rising rates mean savvy states should follow the lead of the first issuers of the year — and quickly.
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The China Securities Regulatory Commission is up to its old tricks again, intervening to postpone an IPO that had been poised to list on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. The CSRC’s actions suggest that it is not yet ready to give up control. Issuers might have to wait a little longer for a fully market-oriented China IPO market. -
If market talk is to be believed, China’s largest pork producer Shuanghui International is thinking about becoming the first company to list in both Hong Kong dollars and RMB. It should take the idea seriously. There is more to be gained than just extra paperwork.
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Despite bumper books on some of the first deals of the year, sovereign, supranational and agency borrowers will be facing 2014 with a degree of trepidation. It’s set to be a year of painful readjustment to higher yields but issuers will just have to grin and bear it and such hikes will be beneficial for the market overall.
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The Luxembourg government’s introduction of a sukuk bill has raised the possibility that it might stump the United Kingdom’s bid to issue the first European sovereign Islamic paper. But rather than causing alarm among UK Islamic finance practitioners, this competition for the limelight should be celebrated as a win-win for the market.
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Lenders have brushed aside last year’s fears about regulation and are worrying instead about something they understand much better — the threat of intense competition. But worrying is only useful if it helps to arrive at a solution, and if 2013’s deals are anything to go by, loans bankers do not have one.
