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Swiss investors — especially institutional investors with targets to meet — are struggling with the low yield environment in Swiss francs. Emerging market paper is in vogue with investors hunting for yield. Issuers would be wise to follow Russian Railways’ example and take advantage of this trend.
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US investors are threatening to leave money market funds if regulators impose a floating net asset value on the industry, which would damage an important source of dollar funding for eurozone banks. US regulators should be wary of the potential consequences of their actions.
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The bond market is awash with liquidity and rates are low. Issuers are understandably eager to lock in long-dated funding and perpetuals represent the ultimate opportunity. But investors have shown that structures with no step-up are a step too far.
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The loan market is groaning under the weight of ambitious lending banks hoping to participate at the very top level of transactions. But this surplus of senior lenders is symptomatic of a general overpopulation in the loan market that cannot last.
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The possibility of bridge-to-bond loan facilities in CEEMEA has got the region's M&A bankers rubbing their hands with glee. Finally there might be a way to encourage dormant companies to spend again. But bankers should be careful. Focusing too much on this model could put the brakes on future investment.
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David Cameron will announce tomorrow that the UK is now heading for a referendum on quitting the EU. Leaving the union would be the biggest threat to London’s financial markets for decades. While europhiles slept, euroscepticism has grown strong in the UK. It’s time it was properly challenged – with the facts.