Top Section/Ad
Top Section/Ad
Most recent
Chemical sector's growing uncompetitiveness a problem when it comes to attracting investment in the capital markets
When staff complain, they deserve a fair hearing, not a wall of silence
Benin reaped the rewards of its sukuk debut last week, and will do so for years to come
Little green men could be closer than they appear
More articles/Ad
More articles/Ad
More articles
-
The European Commission’s attempt to make the money market fund industry more robust is commendable, but the tactics it has adopted leave much to be desired.
-
BNP Paribas’s recent deployment of securitisation techniques in the trade finance world is another useful showcase of how banks can offset increasingly expensive trade finance capital requirements. For this type of deal to become more commonplace, however, investors will need to become comfortable with securitization and trade finance — both of which require enormous amounts of expertise.
-
With the Federal Reserve due to start withdrawing quantitative easing, investors are suddenly grasping the structural problems in Asia’s emerging countries. Complacent Asian economies need to quickly establish sustainable growth policies or risk falling into a crisis.
-
For sovereign, supranational or agency issuers that were wondering whether or not to delay their autumn issuance until after the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting and German federal elections in late September, the strong reception to the first benchmarks after the summer break should encourage them to come sooner rather than later.
-
EM debt bankers should not berate issuers for piling into the market in their post-summer rush. Co-ordination is impossible and issuers have every incentive to seek the best terms at the expense of others.
-
Emerging market borrowers should be lining up to tap the loan market. Not only is there plenty of liquidity as this year's volumes scrape the record lows of 2012, but lenders have repeatedly shown their hands by letting clients get away with the sorts of terms treasurers usually can only dream about.