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The European Investment Bank showed peers an example of pragmatic dealmaking on Tuesday, selling a rare 10 year euro with a well oversubscribed book. The deal was a lesson in how to price long-dated trades in an ultra rich market environment.
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Periphery eurozone banks are back in the public bond mix as investors start to look down the credit curve. With private placement investors beginning to follow suit, issuers should consider the advantages of going private.
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Having the European Central Bank as the single supervisor for the continent’s financial institutions will make little real difference to the way banks are scrutinised. But plans for banking union are still a good thing.
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Asian bond issuers are in the perfect position at the moment: price-setters to a captive investor base, inundated with demand, and able to ignore the risk of competing supply. But they should be careful not to push their luck too far.
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Europe’s politicians have not dared to formulate a viable rescue mechanism for the euro. The European Central Bank’s Mario Draghi has now done it for them, ending the phase of can-kicking. Whether Europe is strong enough to hold together remains unclear, but at least the decision can no longer be deferred.
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India is famously ambitious with its plans and its view of the ECM market is no exception. It has moved a step closer to hitting its target for divestments this year, after sending three requests for proposals to banks. But its aim to increase freefloats across the equity market in less than a year looks increasingly unachievable.