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After record volumes in 2012, there were many CEEMEA bankers who doubted that their bond market could match such numbers this year. But there are compelling reasons to think that CEEMEA issuers are about to set a new record.
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A handful of Asian bond deals have been postponed in the past few weeks after they failed to attract enough investor demand, but that’s not a bad thing. It is this trial and error that will help provide much needed diversity to the universe of Asian bond issuers.
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Technology, especially IT, has long been the hunting ground for investors wanting to make a fortune by backing the next Microsoft, Apple or Google. That’s fine — but where fortunes can be made overnight, they can also be lost. And that should worry bondholders, who are supposed to be looking for long term, stable returns.
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Technology, especially IT, has long been the hunting ground for investors wanting to make a fortune by backing the next Microsoft, Apple or Google. That’s fine — but where fortunes can be made overnight, they can also be lost. And that should worry bondholders, who are supposed to be looking for long term, stable returns.
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Several sovereign, supranational and agencies looking to diversify their investor base have ramped up their private placement issuance this year. But the smartest borrowers have looked past medium term note programmes and are investigating the Schuldschein and Namensschuldverschreibung formats — two markets that have moved beyond their German origins and are attracting more international investors and issuers.
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The overwhelming demand for recent IPOs in the US might suggest investors are back on board the Chinese growth story. But in spite of the success of companies like 58.com and Qunar, the US IPO market remains a strictly members-only club. Not everyone is invited.