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◆ The Fed's Powell era ends with split decision ◆ Bank capital to lead Gulf bond revival ◆ SSAs, corporates and FIG face busy May
Lower rates will need lower inflation — and an FOMC consensus
Gulf AT1 deluge will be a challenge, with or without drone strikes
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A quartet of SSAs borrowed a combined A$940m ($613.4m) into the Kangaroo market this week, spurring the SSA Aussie dollar market on to its best monthly volume in over nine months. -
Cyprus may become the first country to access the ESM’s pandemic support line, borrowing 2% of its GDP for up to 10 years.
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Ukrainian and IMF officials have come to a preliminary agreement to provide the country with $5bn of aid after president Volodymyr Zelensky signed much-anticipated banking legislation into law. Market watchers have now urged the country to come to the bond market before the situation has a chance to sour.
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Bank of East Asia (BEA) sold the first Basel III compliant tier two dollar bond in Asia since the global outbreak of Covid-19. It raised $600m on the back of a book that was more than 8.5 times oversubscribed at its peak.
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Two Singaporean companies, GuocoLand and Manulife US Real Estate Investment Trust, raised green loans this week.
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In this special round-up on China’s annual Two Sessions parliamentary meeting, the government does not set a growth target for 2020 but raises the budget deficit to at least 3.6% of GDP. It also plans to issue Rmb1tr ($140bn) of special ‘anti-pandemic’ treasury bonds.
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Sponsored by CAF – Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean
CAF gearing up to transform regional development
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Emirates NBD Capital: An unrivalled conduit for Middle East liquidity
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Sponsored by European Investment Bank
European Investment Bank: Supporting sustainable development in North Africa
