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A sovereign issuing bonds after US military strike threats would be absurd if those threats had been made by any other president
Foreigners' love of Swiss francs presents an unlikely opening for overseas borrowers
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
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Whether the squall that ripped through the SSA market on Tuesday turns out to be the beginning of the end of the great peripheral sovereign revival or just a tea-cup based affair remains to be seen.
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A new era of corporate activity may be dawning. After years of hoping, bankers may finally be about to see the kind of acquisition frenzy they desired. But if this week’s extraordinary deals are anything to go by, the action will not be coming from the traditional blue-chip corporate sphere. Private equity and leveraged companies are back in town.
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The bond markets have had much to celebrate since the start of the year. The eurozone is taking its first cautious steps out of crisis, leading to some barnstorming deals. Meanwhile, some of Basel III’s more intensive requirements have been watered down.
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Next week is the ideal time for a European name to bring a dollar trade. So why is nobody being talked about as occupying the pipeline?
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Portugal, Spain, Madrid, Ireland, Italy and FADE have made resounding comebacks in the syndicated new issue market over the last month, but this sovereign crisis is not over.
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State-owned Russian oil firm Rosneft provided emerging market loans bankers with a conundrum this week when it requested a margin cut to the second tranche of its jumbo $33.75bn TNK-BP takeover facility.