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The European Commission’s mid-term review on Capital Markets Union, set to be debated on June 7, will look at toughening the terms on enforcing on collateral, a move which should help recoveries on the continent’s overhang of non-performing loans, but which could prove politically controversial. -
UK corporates are preparing for the large UK banks to bring down their ring-fences, a move that could shake up the banking landscape and push more corporates to sign credit support annexes with their banks.
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Moody’s downgrade of China triggered a slight widening of spreads on international dollar bonds from the country’s issuers on Wednesday, but the reaction was otherwise largely muted. Despite the tepid response, market watchers say the downgrade could, and should, do more to reset pricing in the offshore debt market. Morgan Davis reports.
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It has been a long time coming but Indonesia has finally regained its investment grade status from all three major ratings agencies, after S&P boosted the sovereign’s rating to BBB- from BB+ with a stable outlook on May 19.
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Block deals are being printed in Asia with a vengeance this year, with follow-on activity already double that of IPOs. In the past few weeks, successive overnight bookbuilds and IPOs kept bankers busy as stocks hit record highs. Barring a major upset, the gravy train looks set to continue, writes John Loh.
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Credit Guarantee & Investment Facility (CGIF) and infrastructure consulting firm Surbana Jurong are joining up to boost the use of local currency bonds in funding greenfield infrastructure projects in southeast Asia.
