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Chemical sector's growing uncompetitiveness a problem when it comes to attracting investment in the capital markets
When staff complain, they deserve a fair hearing, not a wall of silence
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Once the IMF and World Bank were a channel for patronage — financial and intellectual — from North to South. Now that flow is reversing: the North comes to Washington to seek money, and even to learn, from the South.
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The IIF has weighed in to the debate on whether financial markets need new regulations or practices, after the subprime crisis. The industry should fight its corner honestly, without hiding the real problems or sucking up to regulators.
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The covenant-lite loan backing the buy-out of Singapore’s United Test & Assembly Center is being hailed as a landmark deal for Asia. But in reality the deal has little to do with the Asian leveraged loan market.
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Santander’s Eu3.7bn tier two capital raising last week was tripped up by a documentation issue amid worsening market conditions. But the issuer could have helped itself by handling the sale more adroitly.
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The roll call of senior investment bankers sacked or leaving their posts this year is getting longer. The purges and departures may be cruel, but show that the industry is taking responsibility seriously, and sending the right message to junior staff.
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Just as it reopened the euro senior debt market for banks at the end of August, Deutsche has done the same in Swiss francs. This time, there has been less criticism that it is overpaying, and more praise for re-establishing the market.