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The public bond market needs a Gulf reopener with transparent pricing
Turbulent market conditions of the Middle East war have pushed bond issuers and investors to try new things
A swift response is tempting, but lenders should avoid kneejerk reaction
Talk of de-dollarisation has evaporated. The dollar market remains the undisputed king of financing
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India’s ECM market needs a confidence boost. Sources of viable supply are low; foreign investment is volatile and largely limited to generic exchanged traded funds. The government should step up and offer an attractive deal to get investors — domestic and foreign — interested in its stock markets again.
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Libor reformers have been given a golden opportunity: an interbank lending rate based on trade data is set for launch. It could give policymakers a real world example of how a similar approach for Libor might fare.
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Tata Power has re-opened India’s nascent domestic corporate hybrid bond market, bringing a deal that has doubled this year's volume in the sector at a single stroke. But bankers should not get too excited. There are reasons why there have been so few sizeable deals.
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Leniency for banks that break the law? You must be joking! Well, not necessarily. The FSA might do well to take notice of the Treasury Select Committee’s recommendation and impose smaller fines on banks that admit wrongdoing. Within reason, trading leniency for honesty could work.
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An overwhelming majority of investors believe that another LTRO is inevitable. The previous two interventions disrupted normal market operations. The ECB must tread carefully with its third.
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Increased demand from dollar investors for yieldy bank paper helped UBS print its new $2bn Coco with permanent principal write-down features. But institutional funds may still not be ready for additional tier one products.