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Even the cuddliest, most regulator-friendly banks need to do plenty of maturity transformation. It’s right there at the top of the list marked “what banks are for”. But regulators are doing their best to legislate it out of existence in the banking and insurance system. Where else can we look?
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After straining every nerve to wean British banks off government guarantees, encourage recapitalisation and private sector borrowing, the UK government has introduced... a new guarantee scheme to encourage lending. The scheme might even boost SME funding, but it is the most convoluted option on the table — and the worst value for the Treasury.
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Policy wonks and ratings analysts are trying to promote the idea of local government bond issuance in Asia. They should not get too excited. Corruption, infighting and weak transparency will ensure things don’t change soon.
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The Islamic bond sector’s strength in recent weeks has set it in sharp relief with the tumult in the rest of the international capital markets. But amid the fervour for sukuk issues there is a risk that those looking to this growing market are already getting ahead of themselves.
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With European corporate bonds outperforming banks and even some govvies, questions are being asked in the loan market about which side of a deal bears the real credit risk.
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Taiwanese lenders pushing borrowers to increase the interest rates on their deals have the right idea. But they should get aggressive earlier in the process, using their bargaining power more strongly when it comes to the definition of market disruption clauses — and pricing.