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Standard & Poor’s has raised South Korea’s sovereign credit rating by one notch to AA- from A+ with a stable outlook, saying this was a result of a favourable policy environment, sound fiscal position, and net external creditor position. -
India is trying to get its life insurers out from between a rock and a hard place by pushing ahead with new legislation to ease the way for their IPOs. The move has been a long time coming, but any marquee public offerings from the country’s life insurance firms are still at least a year away, writes John Loh.
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HSBC and Standard Chartered are each working on their debut Panda bond issuance, aiming to launch the deals at end of September at the earliest, several sources have told GlobalRMB. If the deals come out as planned, these will also be first Panda offerings from financial institutions.
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Banco Sabadell is rumoured to be interested in acquiring Granite, UK Asset Resolution’s portfolio of bad bank assets. The Spanish bank's acquisition of the assets could shock the supply-demand dynamic in the UK RMBS sector.
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The Singapore Exchange (SGX) has set up three independent committees to strengthen the policymaking process for listings.
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Standard & Poor’s has raised South Korea’s sovereign credit rating by one notch to AA- from A+, while Fitch has assigned a first-time rating of B to Pakistan because of the country’s weak fundamentals.
