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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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Syndicated loan volumes in the Middle East are down on last year. Bankers argue this is more to do with an increase in bilateral arrangements than fallout from political unrest. But while private lending might seem a safer bet than syndications, it stores up other problems down the line.
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The slow progress of the offshore renminbi swap market could hold back the frenetic growth of bond issuance. It will need to develop if the dim sum market is ever to fulfil its potential.
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There are plenty of reasons why collateralised loan obligations should exist. But the reasons why they existed in the past, and the reasons why they might exist in the future, are the wrong ones — functions of misdirected regulation, not underlying flows of capital.
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The lenders to Elior who turned down the French food services company’s recent amend and extend request should be congratulated. They may be a minority, but it is a promising sign that the leveraged loan market is still able to price risk properly.
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The slow development of the offshore renminbi swap market could hold back the frenetic growth of bond issuance. For now that might seem like a blessing in disguise, but the swap market will need to develop if the dim sum market is ever to fulfil its potential.
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The Australian Senate wants to extend government support for RMBS deals to other types of securitisation. That would be a mistake.