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The necessity of clauses that help developing countries recover from catastrophes is getting more acute
Data-deprived markets should give the shutdown the attention it deserves
Triple-C loan pricing has been shunted wider while the true credit quality of loans trading at par is obscured
Credit Suisse AT1 bondholders should consider alternatives after this week's sharp repricing
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The European FIG market got off on the right foot this week, with issuers learning from mistakes made toward the end of 2014 and offering larger premiums to cash-rich and yield-strapped investors that want to put their money to work before yield targets get even harder to hit responsibly.
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Late on Wednesday morning, masked men with guns stormed an editorial meeting at the Paris office of Charlie Hebdo, the French satirical paper, killing 12. That was four hours before GlobalCapital held its own weekly editorial meeting. We had never been so keenly aware of our luck: to be able to do our jobs freely and debate openly, without having to fear for our safety.
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It’s an ugly end to 2014. The last four weeks have turned a good year into a disappointing one for many equity and bond markets.
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Suddenly, Russia is suffering. In the last few days, with the oil price collapsing and a collapse in the rouble exchange rate, many in the West have started to suggest that it is time to rethink sanctions.
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Keeping the eurozone together is proving to be very much a Sisyphean task for European Central Bank president Mario Draghi. Just as he was about to push the boulder of sovereign quantitative easing to the crest of the hill of German intransigence, it started rolling back down at the same pace as Greek bonds plunged this week.
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It’s no secret that Russia right now is not great for business. Tough sanctions and terrifying fines have led many banks to conclude that it is not worth keeping expensive bankers covering clients which will not be doing deals until Putin or the West back down.