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Those wishing to purchase an EU passport might soon be able buy it – together with Hungarian state bonds, according to a bill -
The poll is now open to decide the winners of EuroWeek’s annual Syndicated Loans & Leveraged Finance Awards.
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The Swiss Bank’s credit structuring, commodities sales and credit trading teams in Asia have taken a hit as UBS axes thousands of investment banking jobs worldwide.
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Clearing of renminbi needs to adopt longer operating hours, lower liquidity requirements and acceptance of non Latin characters if it is going the meet the future demands for the currency.
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Government-owned banks may be hit with a wave of consolidation as weak profitability and deteriorating assets will pose challenges for the lenders to meet Basel III requirements.
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The risk investors take in the US stock market is very high because of successive rounds of quantitative easing, an analyst says
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Hong Kong regulators, issuers and bankers will be toasting the success of the offshore renminbi block sale for Hopewell Highway Infrastructure. But they should not get carried away. The deal exposed how much work needs to be put in for even a small block.
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The decision by UBS to pull out of the SSA business is a warning signal to issuers that they must change their ways. There are short term benefits to resisting such change, but a failure to adapt to the new reality will be disastrous in the long term.
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Intesa Sanpaolo’s decision to remove the call options from several lower tier two securities to optimise their capital treatment under Basel III has stunned the market. But it makes absolute economic sense — and it’s high time everyone accepted that.
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Japan, grappling with its monstrous debt, is facing a government crisis that could jeopardise its public financing abilities. Regulators need to cut the squabbling and stay focused if Japan is to get back to fiscal health.
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Top 3 Asia (ex Japan) G3 Syndicated Loans Transactions - 2012 YTD
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The slowdown in the Chinese economy is not a temporary blip, as the economy is rebalancing, a former PBOC member says
