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It's more than gut feeling that FIG issuers should go for intermediate tenors -
Everyone knows investment bankers’ jobs can be cut at a moment’s notice. It’s one thing when you’re experienced and have made some money. But junior bankers are just as vulnerable, and have fewer options. It’s a big problem this year
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Banks have plenty of buy-to-let assets on their balance sheets; issuers should follow Paragon's lead for as long as investors and regulators allow
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Paragon's visit to the covered bond market highlights the shoddy regulatory treatment of RMBS
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Scope Ratings can benefit itself and the market by providing a different view at times of strong divergence
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When an investment bank splashes out on a big money rockstar hire, it’s not just a transaction or a rejig of the org chart; it’s a public statement of intent as well as a high profile bet that comes with a lot of buzz, bravado, and backbiting
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Second tier names should not wait to issue, or they risk the spread compression running out of steam
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21X will combine functions of exchange and securities depository
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When you reflect on your banking career — the thousands of pitch books, the countless analyses, iterations, scenarios, recommendations, and timetables — the gnawing question is whether you ever really added any value. Were you a strategic advisor and master tactician or just a Willy Loman with more air miles?
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Central bank could accelerate innovation or slow things down
