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When short-seller Glaucus Research Group released a report accusing China Minzhong Food Corporation of falsifying sales record, a war of words ensued. In the past some companies have preferred to handle such matters away from the media spotlight, but China Minzhong is among a growing list of companies that are not afraid to fight back.
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Demand from private bank investors in Hong Kong and Singapore was once a cornerstone for high-yielding subordinated bank debt trades. That bid has backed off recently, and as SocGen’s additional tier one trade showed, it is no longer dependable — but that’s no bad thing.
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Demand from private bank investors in Hong Kong and Singapore was once a cornerstone for high yielding subordinated bank debt trades. That bid has backed off recently, and as SocGen’s additional tier one trade showed, it is no longer dependable — but that’s no bad thing.
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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.
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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.
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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.