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Distressed emerging market borrowers rail against the fickleness of their fair-weather friends. Western bank lenders moan about the chaos and delays in restructuring their debt. Sound familiar? This time, waiting in the wings are Chinese and Middle East banks and investors, flush with liquidity.
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Bankers, in London anyway, are about to be bashed. A tone deaf denial of reality from the industry doesn’t do anyone any favours.
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Investors swarmed over the first public Dutch RMBS since the start of the credit crisis, opening up another jurisdiction for securitisation. But the haste with which Arena 2009-1 was marketed raises questions about how thoroughly investors are examining new deals.
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Rating agencies, stand up and take a bow. While most working in the Middle East debt markets convinced themselves that Dubai would stand steadfastly behind its companies, the ratings agencies harboured doubts.
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Banks will soon have to build up buffers of capital during economic booms even though regulators are still lacking a plan on how the rules should be applied. Some recent proposals would make central banks micromanagers of the economy, a job for which they are ill-equipped.
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The outlook for the Russian syndicated loan market is finally improving but lenders will tread carefully for a while yet. Do not expect a flood of deals next quarter.