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China is continuing its push to establish the renminbi as an investment currency by opening up its private fund industry to wholly foreign-owned firms. While this is likely to spark plenty of interest, market participants said foreign asset managers need to be ready to launch even before registering for a licence. -
The UK’s insurance industry could be co-opted to help some of the most vulnerable countries on earth, if a plan for foreign aid bonds gets off the ground. The instruments could also help London in its quest to become a centre for catastrophe bonds, a project announced in last year’s UK budget.
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The proposed merger of the London Stock Exchange and Deutsche Börse looks set to allow Frankfurt to prise euro swaps clearing away from London, amid rising expectations that regulators will require the combined entity to move euro business back within the eurozone.
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Big moves in credit, equity and foreign exchange markets this week were magnified by mass unwinding of previously popular trades as investors capitulated to a reversal of fortunes for Japan and European banks.
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In the heady days of 2004-2007, before the Great Moderation came to a shuddering halt, it seemed set in stone that European investment grade credit default swaps traded tighter than their North American counterparts.
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OpenDoor Trading has completed a second investment round as it stays on course for an October launch. GlobalCapital spoke to chief executive officer Susan Estes about the firm’s aims not only to help revive liquidity in the US Treasury market but also to become the first US bond trading platform both majority owned and controlled by women.
