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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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In good times, investors trust forecasts and concentrate on individual securities. In bad times, the macro picture is all that matters – so you get a succession of hypes. Jackson Hole was the latest – it won’t be the last.
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There have been few listings more eagerly anticipated than Manchester United’s pending IPO. The deal quickly became a must-have for the Singapore stock exchange, which muscled Hong Kong off the ball and won possession. Hong Kong officials should not see that as such a bad thing. This is one deal that Hong Kong could do without.
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Hong Kong inflation spiralled last month, but the peg to the dollar means local authorities do not have a full toolkit to fight rising prices. That will give local account holders even more reason to convert their deposits into other currencies — something that could help broaden the offshore renminbi market.
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Members of Afme’s Securitisation Division are hard at work hammering out details of the Prime Collateralised Securities initiative, hoping that regulators and politicians will let the ABS industry off the hook. But the PCS shouldn’t be a copy of covered bond standards. It should be better.
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Covered bonds might be in for their biggest ratings shake-up over the next year. The result could be the loss of many traditional investors, but others will step in to take up the slack.
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Contingent capital might seem like a clever tool for corporate borrowers to increase the equity credit of their hybrid securities. But investors should not get too excited: it's not time to set up that dedicated fund yet.