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Credit Suisse posted lower second quarter revenues and pre-tax income in Asia Pacific, after being dragged down by its investment bank. -
The secret £1.5bn securitization which fuelled Goldman Sachs’ DCM numbers in the second quarter is being sold piecemeal, with as much as £400m still left to place in the senior notes. The deal saw Goldman buy an old Barclays portfolio, split it in two, and securitize performing and non-performing loans, writes Owen Sanderson.
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India’s cabinet has agreed to raise the foreign shareholding cap on the country’s stock exchanges from 5% to 15%, potentially giving long awaited IPOs a big push.
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Despite the technical challenges, it seems likely that People’s Bank of China (PBoC) will give the green light to a bond denominated in IMF special drawing rights (SDR) before the G20 summit in early September.
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An auction to settle senior credit default swaps referencing the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico will take place on August 17, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association’s Determinations Committee has agreed, following the US territory’s failure to pay credit event.
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The costs incurred to centrally clear derivatives trades could be greater than transacting them bilaterally, US government researchers have argued, in findings that would deal a blow to regulators’ attempts to curb systemic risk in the global market.
