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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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Looking back to Lehman to see how well Dodd-Frank works is dangerous and wrong. We know regulators have 20:20 hindsight, but we don’t know what a future crisis will look like, or how to handle it. It's a safe bet that it won’t be like Lehman.
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After a record week that saw twelve deals in the European high yield market, the pre-Easter rush is slowly ebbing away. But supply could still come through from German small and medium sized businesses. Given the recent strength of demand from the domestic retail market, more deals could fly.
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Australian structured finance bankers are celebrating after the government committed an extra A$4bn to support residential mortgage-backed securitisation. But rather than increase the market’s reliance on state help, the government should invest wisely and wean issuers off a dangerous addiction to taxpayers’ money.
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The first quarter this year has been hugely positive for bank funding. But borrowers must still heed the lessons of the crisis.
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Asian DCM bankers may be excited about the region’s growing corporate hybrid market, but they are also sceptical about there being many candidates for issuance this year. They shouldn’t be.
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Portugal has bowed to the inevitable and asked the EU and the IMF for a bail-out, prompting renewed cries for a debt restructuring for Europe’s beleaguered sovereigns. Some say it should happen sooner rather than later. But by taking a measured approach, EU leaders may have got something right in their handling of the crisis.