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Since the 2008 financial crisis, global regulators and politicians have embarked on a vast overhaul of the derivatives markets in a bid to reduce systemic risk. Limits on leverage, through the supplementary leverage ratio (SLR), are the heart of the reforms, and market participants are experiencing its profoundly disruptive effects. Beth Shah reports on what SLR is and why it matters.
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European high yield new issuance for 2015 began on Thursday with a successful €750m deal for ArcelorMittal. The company is a fallen investment grade angel rather than a classic high yield issuer, but nevertheless it has encouraged bankers to think high yield's long drought can be slaked. -
With regulation of the leveraged finance market in the US biting ever harder into banks' freedom of action, high yield market participants in Europe are beginning to look ahead to a future in which regulation could come to Europe, too.
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Analysts are concerned that New World Resources, the Czech coking coal producer, could need a new debt restructuring, after it struck deals to sell coal that could leave it still leaking cash.
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The Asian corporate bond market’s usual new year exuberance is nowhere to be seen in 2015, as growing macro concerns and a depressed Chinese property sector force issuers on to the sidelines. But bankers are not fretting yet, even though activity is likely to remain subdued, writes Rev Hui.
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Financing for Altice's planned takeover of Portugal Telecom has been put on hold, as the telco is being investigated over its investments in Grupo Espírito Santo.
