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Kim to use human capital index to put pressure on governments

World Bank Group president Jim Yong Kim tells GlobalMarkets that he plans to take the new Human Capital Index he launched on Thursday to Davos in the new year, where he will urge CEOs of companies in lagging countries to invest in health and education.

Thierry Ogier, October 11, 2018
World Bank chief urges united action to reverse trade war threat on Africa poverty

It is in Africa that the World Bank will win or lose its battle against extreme poverty, its CEO Kristalina Georgieva warns, in an exclusive interview in which she calls on rich nations to take action on trade and geopolitical tensions.

Phil Thornton, October 11, 2018
Asia

Logan makes quick loan comeback for HK$1.2bn

Hong Kong-listed Logan Property is making a quick return to the offshore loan market for a HK$1.2bn ($153m) borrowing, six months after sealing a HK$900m deal in April.

Pan Yue, October 11, 2018
Asia

VP Pence cranks up the pressure on China

The speech by US vice president Mike Pence, delivered at the Hudson Institute on October 4, was the closest to a cogent China strategy formulated by the Trump administration since it took over the White House. Market participants should beware, as the picture those words paint is far from pretty.

Paolo Danese, October 11, 2018
EM LatAm

Dodgy Dow day puts downer on Lat Am prospects

Peru wrapped up an investor roadshow on Wednesday just as the Dow Jones suffered its worst day since February to leave investors and bankers examining conditions as the sovereign weighs up a dual-tranche dollar and Nuevo sol deal.

Oliver West, October 11, 2018
LevFin High Yield Bonds

US high yield retreats from post-crisis tights

High yield spreads have widened by 25bp in the past week as the rise in Treasury yields dents fixed rate products, although the market remains at historically tight levels.

David Bell, October 10, 2018
Pair of conduits prepped as CMBS sees pickup

A pair of conduit CMBS deals emerged this week, but volumes of the once staple product of the commercial real estate bond market are lagging last year's figures as floating rate CRE CLOs and single asset deals draw more attention.

Alexander Saeedy, October 10, 2018
Equity markets increasingly wary of trade war escalation

So far equity markets have ridden out Donald Trump’s trade war. But with tariffs set to capture over half a trillion dollars worth of Chinese exports, it is surely only a matter of time before markets capitulate.

GlobalMarkets, October 10, 2018
AfDB securitization opens new route for MDBs to leverage capital

A synthetic securitization by the AfDB could cleverly expand the development bank’s firepower to promote development — and be copied by other MDBs.

Jon Hay, October 10, 2018
Turkey’s crisis presents opportunities as buyers return

Investors are eyeing up opportunities in Turkey again, following the decision by its central bank to raise interest rates by 625bp in September. But the political risks that prompted the sell-off earlier this year remain.

GlobalMarkets, October 10, 2018
Emerging Markets

Developing countries set to open up to catastrophe bonds

Catastrophe bonds and the emerging markets fit well together, with perils in China and Southeast Asia particularly well placed to be covered. Can the insurance-linked securities market take off?

Jasper Cox, October 10, 2018
FINAL WORD: Steve Keen

We’ll overcome our debt problems by accident

GlobalMarkets, October 10, 2018

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