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The Belgian moratorium on selling complex structured products has hit competition and created an uneven playing field, according to panelists at the Swiss Futures and Options Association's 33rd Bürgenstock meeting in Interlaken this morning.
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Regulatory changes will usher in a marked shift toward simpler structured products, according to a panel at the Swiss Futures and Options Association's 33rd Bürgenstock meeting in Interlaken, this morning.
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In this round up of recent regulatory news, China tries to foster secondary market trading in bonds and opens ABS to non-banking financial institutions, Hong Kong offers tax concessions on short-dated debt, India extends new securitisation rules, South Korea starts posting new three-month interest rate, Taiwan sign renminbi deal with China.
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Asiamoney PLUS highlights the latest job changes from across the fixed income and financial markets.
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Plans for a UK version of KfW are intriguing, but the government is missing the point. British industry is not thirsting for cheaper funding or easy credit. What a properly run small business bank could bring to Britain is something much more valuable.
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The ECB is not expected to move its deposit rate into negative territory this week. But after the last surprise cut brought some peripheral issuers back on to short term investors’ radars, another shock could be just what the system needs.
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Bankers are upbeat about the prospect for dim sum bonds after Société Générale’s deal last week highlighted the savings that issuers could make in this market. But before getting too excited, bankers need to take a closer look at the depth of the cross-currency swap market.
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Such is the quiet of the Middle East sukuk market following the Islamic holiday period that all returning investors can hear beyond the sound of fans whirring is the faint, distant rumble of Malaysian domestic issuance. Yet despite these outward signs of serenity, there is every reason to be excited about the gathering storm of deals.
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Indian banks are in talks to provide Tata Steel with a rupee-denominated project financing deal, but rising infrastructure defaults may put the lenders in a difficult position to provide cash to the coveted borrower.
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China’s official and final HSBC PMIs for August added to the gloom about the economy, forcing economists to cut growth estimates -
Russian investment bank continues to expand in Asia with new appointment to lead high yield credit trading.
