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The UK Financial Services Authority has reassured shareholders that co-ordinating votes on corporate governance issues would not breach market abuse or disclosure rules.
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Timeless. That’s the quality that one can best apply to the warnings from Warren Buffett, aka the world’s most famous investor.
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DZ Bank placed a trio of ratchet floor floaters this week, leading the way for a type of note dealers predict that will become more popular in the closing months of the year. The structure is also known as a stairway note or a memory floor note.
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Canada Mortgage & Housing Corp sold C$3.15bn ($2.89bn) of Canada Mortgage Bonds in two tranches this week.
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Dealers of private EMTNs: Non-syndicated deals for less than $250m excluding financial repackaged SPVs, GSE issuers, self-led deals and issues with a term of less than 365 days.
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The Nordic Investment Bank sold a big, tightly-priced Norgwegian krone deal this week as well as the tightest Kangaroo bond of the year.
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Few subjects provoke such passion and rage (well, among economists, anyway) as the Efficient Market Hypothesis. Here, EuroWeek charts the argument as it has developed this week.
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Corporate spreads in the European commercial paper market tightened further this week thanks to excess demand, though market participants say other sectors are also suffering a lack of supply.
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The strong demand for corporate paper from European and Asian investors is still growing as investors seek high quality names as well as higher yields. But this need is not being met in the private placement market.
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A nine year deal for the City of Zurich priced at 6bp through mid-swaps met with overwhelming demand in the Swiss franc market this week, even though many investors did not like the maturity.
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The worst of the financial crisis is not over for private equity funds. Blackstone, Fortress and GLG this week posted second quarter results, revealing that they have incurred losses under general accepted accounting standards.