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Bond specialists sceptical that auctions can yield better results than bookbuilding
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For Canadian pension fund CDPQ, direct investments in private equity have become a crucial part of portfolio management. As the political debate around PE firms heats up globally, the Quebec pensioners are enjoying the fruits of CDPQ’s foray into the risky, demanding asset class that is off-limits for many smaller pension funds. -
The loan market still needs “much more work” in shifting away from Libor, as do its derivatives, the Bank of England warned on Monday.
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The Loan Market Association (LMA) is lobbying the European Banking Authority (EBA) for an extension to the proposed June 2020 deadline for the regulator’s implementation of its guidelines on loan origination and monitoring, with the industry body claiming financial institutions need longer to implement the new procedures.
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An increase in the consumption tax rate will hit Japan’s economy, analysts warn. Alongside a strong yen and global growth fears, this is likely to push the Bank of Japan into further easing measures. With banks creaking under the strain of low rates, Japan’s central bank, under governor Haruhiko Kuroda, will have to concoct a delicate mix of stimuli. Reported by Jasper Cox, ahead of the Bank of Japan’s September meeting
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A surge in international bank issuance has carried on almost uninterrupted in the yen market this year, even after the Japanese Financial Services Agency raised the bar on investments in total loss-absorbing capital (TLAC).
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Barclays is paying $6.3m to US authorities to settle charges that it won business from foreign government officials by offering their relatives and friends internships and jobs.
