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The rise of Chinese banks in the EMEA loan market seems to be inevitable. Regulatory changes will allow Chinese subsidiaries to apply for branch status in the UK, opening up the vast balance sheets of parent banks for the first time. Loans bankers at western houses have been keeping a close watch on these sleeping dragons, which this week made their intentions outside of China clear when Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) entered into an agreement to buy Standard Bank’s UK arm (see separate story). But this isn't the first move that the Chinese behemoth has made to expand in Europe. Last April, Benny Zachariah was hired to ICBC London with the task of setting up the bank’s loan sales and syndication desk. He talks to EuroWeek’s Michael Turner about the bank’s ambitions. -
The global systemically important banks (G-SIBs) have collectively met their Basel III capital requirements five years ahead of time, according to a report from Fitch Ratings.
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Core covered bond deals sized at €1.5bn have had mixed success so far this year. Tuesday’s five year from Crédit Mutuel CIC SFH was only moderately oversubscribed but was well placed, trading stably at end of the week.
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WL Bank priced the shortest fixed rate euro denominated covered bond of the year on Tuesday, at the tightest spread of any transaction since November 2012. Bankers off the deal questioned why any investor would pay such a tight price, while those on the deal said the cheap funding reflected the issuer’s high quality appeal.
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The prospect of an IPO of one of the vibrant new forces in M&A advisory is further evidence of the return of big-ticket business, writes David Rothnie.
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Investment banking firm Exotix Partners has moved one of its employees, Andrew Chappell, to be global head of loans and claims, as it continues to broaden its debt and equity capital markets business.
