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Mildly discombobulating evenings down in Borough, occasionally involving the liquid assets of The Market Porter, are not unknown. But walking into Rabot 1745 was a true assault on the senses. On the ground floor of an impressively refurbished building, close to the moved railway linking London Bridge and Blackfriars, there sits a fully operational chocolate factory. A machine called a conche, first invented by Rodolphe Lindt, was turning roasted cocoa nibs into chocolate for the shop and restaurant. -
A fortnight remaining until I make my debut at Chaucer Securities, and the clock is ticking. While anyone with a brain or ethics would be struck down with a terrible sense of inadequacy for the challenge that lies ahead and suffering from an intense bout of the heebie-jeebies, I have more pressing concerns: I need to take advantage of the greater resources and corporate infrastructure at my disposal and sort out a business jolly immediately.
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The German finance minister’s announcement last week that coupons on additional tier one capital issued by the nation’s banks would be tax deductible — a key feature of the product — has turned up the political pressure on countries like the Netherlands to speed up the process of clarifying their own positions and creating a level playing field.
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Investors should sell one-month US dollar, Malaysian ringgit non deliverable forwards at 3.253 and buy USD, Korean won one-month NDFs at 1043.5 in a bid to play MYR’s recovery against KRW.
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Foreign investors are expected to become more active in the Formosa bond market following the formation of a direct settlement link between Taiwan’s Central Securities Depository (TDCC) and Clearstream. The move follows a move follows TDCC ‘s partnership between with Euroclear and Citibank earlier this month to give international investors direct access to Formosa bonds via their existing clearing accounts.
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Institutional investors have been active in short-dated upside call flow on the Japan Exchange-Nikkei 400 index, a new trend according to traders. The trades, which had an average notional of around $1 million, follow an announcement from Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund that it will include the new index in its benchmarks.
