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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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Picture this common practice found across the bond markets: a deal comes with initial price thoughts well wide of fair value, and investors know with complete certainty that it will get dragged in until it lands near where it should have started in the first place. Now, some issuers are calling on their peers to stop the charade. It’s about time.
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Equity investors should double down on new listings in open trading to support their purchases. But according to many syndicate bankers, lots choose to sit on the sidelines instead, sometimes watching their investments plummet.
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It is clear that Saudi Aramco does not need the cash from the bond it looks set to raise next week. With that being the case, investors and bankers should bet on the lower end of any stated size range, and other Saudi issuers should be hoping that tight pricing is the priority
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Forget the anti-EU politicians preparing to make gains in the upcoming European Parliament elections. Just as in the eurozone crisis, it is the incumbents holding up reform in the bloc.
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There is nothing wrong with letting banks decide for themselves if refinancing an additional tier one is in their own best interests.
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Capital market specialists are good at living with radical uncertainty. Just as banks and investors carried on calmly trading US Treasuries through successive debt ceiling crises, they are now displaying similar sangfroid about Brexit.