Top Section/Ad
Top Section/Ad
Most recent
Crédit Agricole reorganises loans business amid busy hires and promotions in industry
The future of the great investment banking Gulf expansion
Some capital market staff laugh off risks, others worry about their families
More articles/Ad
More articles/Ad
More articles
-
The Covid-19 pandemic has caused a “quantum” change in the amount of capital required to finance development, according to the head of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). -
Hong Kong’s capital markets were left roiling this week as investors tried to grasp the significance of a new national security law. Some fund managers are jumping on opportunities amid the ensuing confusion, but other market watchers see the city losing its financial edge. Jonathan Breen reports.
-
China’s auto ABS market has seen a slew of tightly priced deals this month, thanks to ample liquidity onshore and the growing strength of domestic investors. While very short-term trades have been popular, appetite is rising for longer revolving structures, said bankers.
-
The China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (CBIRC) has scrapped a number of restrictions hampering the country's insurers from investing in perpetual bonds sold by smaller banks.
-
Equities and investment-grade bonds are overpriced in developed markets, according to Tommy Garvey, member of the asset allocation team at GMO. The US-based investment firm has just slashed its exposure to developed equity markets.
-
Muddy Waters has fostered a fearsome reputation as a credible, thorough and forceful short seller whose explosive reports are a danger to anyone harbouring a stake in its intended target. Carson Block, its founder and chief investment officer, told GlobalCapital he has never been wrong about a company he’s shorted, though that doesn’t mean he’s made money from every position he has held. According to Block, monetary policies intended to stimulate markets through financial crises actually corrode them, and stifle accountability for serious failures in corporate governance.
