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January may have been a wash out for Middle East bonds and sukuk issuers as well as the British public, but one of those groups still has every reason to hope that things will improve.
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A €1.4bn five year bond for the Autonomous Community of Madrid on Tuesday — its largest ever — shows that the new year rally in peripheral eurozone debt has extended from sovereign to regional issuers. With spreads over sovereigns reaching pre-crisis levels, it is time for other regional names to pull off some eye catching deals.
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When Mario Draghi said — for the second time— that the ECB would consider buying ABS to boost Europe’s economic prospects, everyone took note. Everyone, it seems, except Europe’s regulators, who have shown a reluctance to change their anti-securitization tack. It is time for them to swallow some pride and roll back the harshest securitization regulation — before it is too late.
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With a slew of FIG ECM deals on the way, bank fundraisings — especially in southern Europe — need to be quick, or elegant, or they will die.
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A few weeks ago the term MINT was popularised as the emerging markets’ swanky new image rebrand, one intended to take the place of BRICs, its solid sounding predecessor. But the sell off in emerging markets over the last few days — both in local currencies and credit — makes EM look crumbly, and this time there’s no one else to blame.
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The Hong Kong securities regulator has published a proposal to make H-Reits more attractive, but its suggestions are unlikely to bring in new business. The regulator needs to act on tax if it really wants to take advantage of Mainland companies looking to list property overseas.