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GlobalCapital presents its annual Corporate Bond Awards 2015. These Awards are determined entirely by a poll of market participants, and celebrate the outstanding issuers, investment banks and rating agencies in the European high yield market between May 2014 and April 2015. GlobalCapital congratulates all the winners and nominees.

GlobalCapital presents its annual High Yield Bond Awards 2015. These Awards are determined entirely by a poll of market participants, and celebrate the outstanding issuers, investment banks and rating agencies in the European high yield market between May 2014 and April 2015.

GlobalCapital held its ninth annual Bond Dinner on Wednesday night at the Guildhall in the City of London. More than 280 market professionals attended the event, at which GlobalCapital presented its 2015 Bond Awards to the most impressive individuals and market teams on both the borrowing and investment banking sides of the market.

It’s back to business in the corporate bond market after a quiet patch last week, when a combination of rates volatility and European public holidays kept issuers away from the market.

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Russian borrowers must stop worrying about losing face if they cannot get many banks to participate in their loans — and worry more about a scheduling logjam.

The European Central Bank has expressed concern about extreme rates volatility. But until it stops buying and allows the private sector to become re-established, its true mission as liquidity provider of last resort will remain in conflict with its determination to expand its balance sheet.

Asia is making up for lost time in the race to make real estate investment trusts a cornerstone of its capital markets. One country that hasn’t kept up with the pace is South Korea. It is not too late to fix this.

A bout of activity in the Singapore dollar bond market has shown that issuers and investors see opportunities after what has been a quiet year so far. A dip in yields and the fear of rising rates has helped encourage the sellside, while buyers have taken heart from a period of currency stability. Issuers that have been waiting should jump in now before it's too late.

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Not one to waste a good crisis, Kazakhstan’s premier, Karim Massimov, wants to speed up structural reforms and rebalance the economy by lessening the dependence on hydrocarbons.

The gap between infrastructure needs and investment in Central and Eastern Europe shows why the region needs to learn lessons from Asia on how to build deep debt capital markets, according to leading bankers