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GlobalCapital Podcast

Friendship has limits

◆ Gulf private placements bite back ◆ Bond new issue premiums rise ◆ CLOs catch a break

Jon Hay, September 18, 2026

Syndicated Loans

Middle East loans to catch 2025 level by year end

Business has sagged in the third quarter, but the pipeline is busy, despite an intractable war

Martin Miraglia, September 17, 2026

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Emerging Markets

Private placement secondary sales blamed for sluggish Gulf primary market

Private bonds are now being offered in the open market wider than where public deals trade

Francesca Young, September 17, 2026

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Emerging Markets

Busy EM week lines up in wake of Fed

Francesca Young, September 17, 2026

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Emerging Markets

CEEMEA on pause in hope of Fed fix

Francesca Young, September 16, 2026

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Emerging Markets

MOL tightens by 22bp as US Treasury sell-off continues

George Collard, September 15, 2026

Emerging Markets

Busy EM week lines up in wake of Fed

Francesca Young, September 17, 2026

Emerging Markets

CEEMEA on pause in hope of Fed fix

Francesca Young, September 16, 2026

Emerging Markets

MOL tightens by 22bp as US Treasury sell-off continues

George Collard, September 15, 2026

Data

Asia

JP Morgan loses ECM syndicate banker Chang

Hong Kong-based Liu Chang has left JP Morgan’s equity capital markets syndicate team, according to a source familiar with the matter.

Jonathan Breen, May 24, 2018
Polls and Awards

GlobalCapital Bond Awards 2018: the winners revealed

GlobalCapital announced the winners of its Bond Awards 2018 on Wednesday night at our 11th annual Bond Awards dinner, at the Jumeirah Carlton Tower in London. Some 280 people were there to see the brightest and best performers in the international bond markets in the past year crowned.

GlobalCapital, May 23, 2018
Investment Grade Loans

Loan market KYC checks ‘drastically’ reduced

The syndicated loan market could see the amount of Know Your Customer (KYC) checks cut down “drastically” in some areas of the deal process, after the UK money laundering prevention trade body published a Loan Market Association-drafted update to its guidance on the topic.

Michael Turner, May 23, 2018
Asia

Updated: BECE to debut perpetual Panda

Hong Kong-listed Beijing Enterprises Clean Energy Group (BECE) has filed for a Rmb2.8bn ($439m) issuance programme in China, paving the way for the red chip’s debut in the Panda market. Should the application go through, the issuer will sell the first perpetual bond in the asset class.

Noah Sin, May 23, 2018
CEE

EM investors take back seat

Conviction levels are low among emerging market investors with many waiting on the sidelines this week as geopolitical risk and local currency weakness persist in wreaking havoc on EM bonds.

Michael Turner, May 23, 2018
Emerging Markets

Latvia offers spread pick-up in difficult market

Republic of Latvia was on track to print its new dual tranche euro-offering on Wednesday, though soft markets meant that it was offering a 7bp-10bp new issue concession at the final spread.

Virginia Furness, May 23, 2018