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Loans bankers expect a flurry of activity from South Korea in the next two months but with Korean banks pulling back from domestic lending, borrowers may have to turn to Taiwan for funds. The likelihood is that Taiwanese banks will be ready to support them — but borrowers would be wise to be wary.
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Regulatory proposals that now more clearly define risk retention rules for European collateralised loan obligations could end up dealing a blow to a market that had only just started getting back on its feet.
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You can always rely on new developments in the offshore renminbi market to make banks lose their heads. This week was no different as lenders slugged it out for the claim of being the first to issue bonds cleared and listed in Singapore.
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The corporate euro medium term market has had an impressive start to the year, with new issuers entering the fray and existing ones increasingly using MTNs to diversify their funding. There is still space in the buoyant market for other firms to join in — but they should hurry up if they want to take advantage of historically low rates.
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The fuss over covered bond issuance and the impact of asset encumbrance on the senior unsecured claim is nothing more than a warm-up act for the main show — the fading away of senior unsecured bank debt.
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Citic Pacific’s reopening of its $800m perpetual bond less than a week after the original deal has stunned debt bankers. But it left some bond investors distressed after it triggered a drop in secondary prices. They might not like it, but the savvy approach has proved to be a winning one for the issuer.