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Myanmar has made a raft of regulatory changes to attract foreign investment, removing ownership limits and cutting red tape. But senior figures in the country admit that poor infrastructure is a major problem — and the solution requires private capital. Morgan Davis reports. -
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing’s (HKEX) surprise £31.6bn takeover bid for the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) is being hailed by some ECM bankers as a complementary acquisition that will bring markets in the east and west closer together. But the political fires raging in London and Hong Kong have put the proposal’s success in serious doubt, write Jonathan Breen and Aidan Gregory.
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The amount of assets held by EU banks grew last year for the first time since 2015, according to data from the European Banking Federation, which also found that financial institutions were continuing to build up their capital and profitability levels.
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Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing has made an unsolicited £32bn bid for the London Stock Exchange Group, a move that could torpedo the LSE’s acquisition of Refinitiv.
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There is typically a degree of consensus among market participants as to what a central bank will say at its upcoming monetary policy meeting. But, days before the European Central Bank’s Governing Council gathering on Thursday — the most important of the year and perhaps ever — there are wide ranging views as to what its president Mario Draghi will announce at his swansong meeting. Someone will get burned.
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The European Union is set to reconsider rules governing research and IPOs for small and medium sized enterprises as traces the next steps along the path to a Capital Markets Union. It will also consider limitations on the ability of the European Commission to bring CMU about on its own.
