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◆ Bond auctions get the fintech treatment ◆ Oracle shows how to fund AI capex with bonds ◆ Banks plough on in bonds despite weaker markets
Only one of Canada's big five banks has yet to publicly support new defence bank initiative
Bond specialists sceptical that auctions can yield better results than bookbuilding
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The London Stock Exchange Group declared on Monday it is interested in buying market data and infrastructure firm Refinitiv for $27bn, a purchase that would give it added clout in data and analytics. Refinitiv’s bonds — notorious in the high yield market for their structure — and LSEG’s shares moved up on the news.
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Analysts at S&P Global Ratings fear that a lower for longer interest rate environment could turn bank profitability into a “more structural problem”, with the European Central Bank set to cut its policy rates further in the coming months.
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Bank of Jinzhou got a much-needed liquidity boost after China Great Wall Asset Management, China Cinda Asset Management and ICBC Financial Asset Investment acquired more than 17.3% of its shares.
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In this round-up, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China bought an 11% stake in troubled Bank of Jinzhou, some Star-listed companies will become eligible for trading on the Stock Connect and the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) plans to tighten supervision of financial holding companies.
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In this round-up, two more Chinese corporations defaulted on their domestic bonds, Bank of China (BOC) said offshore bonds were cheaper than onshore in June, and the Hong Kong market welcomed ETFs targeting China’s biotech and cloud computing sectors.
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New UK Conservative prime minister Boris Johnson expressed support for the establishment of a new development bank along the lines of Germany's KfW on Thursday. While there is scepticism over the execution of the proposal, debt capital markets bankers would welcome a new, highly-rated issuer.