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The US bank is reshuffling several roles in the Middle East
Senior banker will move to Abu Dhabi to take up position
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Africa has been having a rough ride in the capital markets in 2018 — credit spreads are up and local currencies have taken a beating. But Kenny Fihla, chief executive of Standard Bank CIB, says opportunities abound for banks, risks can be mitigated and the continent is only getting more attractive for Asian investors. He spoke to GlobalCapital’s emerging markets editor Francesca Young and people and markets reporter Nell Mackenzie.
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Stock Connect and Bond Connect are international investors’ favourite channels to tap the onshore capital markets thanks to their simplicity compared with other access programmes, according to a survey by Standard Chartered.
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In a damning assessment, a European business lobby says China’s foreign ownership reform in the financial sector has done little to help foreign firms compete in the onshore market, and calls on Beijing to grant international institutions more freedom to engage in cross-border services.
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In a sign of warming relations between China and Germany, Chinese authorities said they would let Deutsche Bank underwrite corporate bonds in the interbank market. The bank is hoping to grab two different types of underwriting licences, GlobalRMB has learned.
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Goldman Sachs has poached Bank of America Merrill Lynch banker Darius Naraghi, a managing director with the firm’s equity capital markets team.
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Fitch upgraded the rating of Mongolia’s long term foreign currency debt to B from B- on Monday, causing the country’s outstanding dollar paper to tighten in the secondary market.