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The Singapore Exchange is at the final consultation stage for dual-class share listings, seeking feedback on safeguards against entrenchment risks, according to a document released on Wednesday. -
China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and Hong Kong have signed an economic partnership agreement, solidifying Hong Kong’s role in the Mainland’s international fundraising activity.
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International investors have long been forced to focus on the short end of the credit curve and government securities in China given the lack of tools to evaluate risk. But that could change with the relaxation of foreign credit rating agencies’ business scope in the country, market participants told the Euromoney China Debt Capital Markets Summit on Wednesday.
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ESMA moved last week to address one of the biggest unsolved mysteries of MiFID — how to price macro and fixed income research. The regulator argues that macro research almost always makes investment recommendations, so banks must charge for it, which will force some to change their practices.
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Three US banks announced this week that they were setting up a new electronic platform to make primary issuance easier, which will go head to head with software firm Ipreo’s efforts. Primary markets bankers are keen to see more competition in the race to improve new issue tech, but some worry that the three banks will undermine a broader market initiative using Neptune software to solve the same problem.
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At the end of the first quarter, Citi sits at the top of the CEEMEA league tables. But as one of, if not the most dominant bank for this business over the last five years this comes as no shock. The real surprise is the bank currently holding second position: Standard Chartered.
