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State-owned bank Spuerkeess has not indicated when it will issue its first bond
ESG issuance will not disappear and some of the decline is due to market volatility
JP Morgan overtakes HSBC to go top for the region
Highly anticipated report did not mention future role of AT1 capital
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Banks are beginning to grapple with the implications of funding the One Belt One Road (OBOR) project following the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation this month. While the initiative will likely help the renminbi go global, it is unclear how far and fast a boost RMB internationalisation will get from it. -
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.
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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.
