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Markets are proving ever more resilient in the face of shifting policy
Benefits aside from pricing are reasons aplenty to set up a trust
Investors would be wise to protect themselves against tail risks
Government ought to clarify or scrap it
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Attitudes to new technologies in finance have, over the past 10 years, become polarised into two categories: the zealot and the luddite. This isn’t good enough. -
An exciting rebound in the flow of China-into-US listings took an unexpected hit last week when online grocery start-up, Missfresh, plummeted on the first day of trading. While this is worrying, investors are still positive around these IPOs.
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The European Central Bank has surely bought too many corporate bonds. When even the treasurers at some of the biggest beneficiaries are complaining about the market warping effects of the policy, can it really still be fit for purpose?
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The tide of leveraged finance docs has gone out, and it isn’t coming back in. Lenders have only the comforting embrace of sponsors to rely on. But that’s the game today, and you have to play it.
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The European initial public offering market has been difficult for months, but new listings are still being brought to market with little regard for whether investors want to buy them. Instead of trying to ram deals through to satisfy a pre-arranged timeline, banks should be advising their clients to delay listings that don’t work in these conditions.
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When the European Commission excluded 10 of its primary dealers from its debut Next Generation EU syndicated transaction last week on the grounds that they had been found to have violated anti-trust rules, some bankers branded it “unfair”. It may be a harsh penalty, but surely bookrunners should face the same scrutiny as issuers when it comes to environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria.
