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Asia

With ETF Connect delayed, MRF shuffles back in spotlight

The decision to further postpone the ETF Connect between China and Hong Kong offers an opportunity to improve the mutual recognition of funds (MRF) scheme. In a recent report, Ernst & Young and the Hong Kong Investment Funds Association offered the authorities some suggestions.

Rebecca Feng, December 19, 2018
Asia

With IFC's help, PNG eyes corporate bond push

Papua New Guinea is hoping to build on the momentum of its long-awaited international bond debut by kick-starting a domestic corporate bond market.

Morgan Davis, December 19, 2018
Asia

Malaysian regulator maintains verdict on Lotte Chemical

Malaysia's securities regulator has upheld its decision to penalise those involved in the listing scandal of Lotte Chemical Titan after dismissing the review applications.

Christie Ou, December 19, 2018
SSA

Fed unwind to pressure spreads in 2019, warns Amherst

Analysts at Amherst Capital Management are predicting that the continued unwind of the Federal Reserve's holdings of Treasuries and MBS and increased deficit spending from the US government could lead to even wider spreads in credit markets throughout 2019.

Alexander Saeedy, December 18, 2018
Asia

Criticism of central banks: sometimes needed

2019 is likely to be another year where the independent mandate of central bankers comes under pressure from populist politicians in democracies. It is easy for those in the market to sympathise with the quiet technocrats over the loud-mouthed headbangers, but scrutiny is deserved.

Jasper Cox, December 18, 2018
CEE

Turkey claws its way back from the cliff edge, but pain lies ahead

Once a darling of emerging markets investors, Turkey flirted with disaster in 2018 when instead of battling out-of-control inflation it followed voter-pleasing policies and plunged into a recession, amid a poisonous combination of political and monetary forces. Although Turkey and its banks have swiftly regained debt market access, its future is clouded by the harsh realities of global economics, write Lewis McLellan and Mariam Meskin.

Lewis McLellan, December 18, 2018
Derivatives

Punishing year for risk premia strategies prompts self-reflection

Risk premia strategies — a growing form of quantitative passive investing — performed poorly in 2018, with many flagship funds and strategies under investor scrutiny. Experts in the space have been soul searching and are looking for a reprieve in 2019. Costas Mourselas reports.

Costas Mourselas, December 18, 2018
Emerging Markets

No end in sight for Middle East debt bonanza

The Middle East has been fuelling business in the CEEMEA bond and loan markets for the last 12 months. That looks set to persist in 2019, when the region’s big hitters are expected to come with multi-billion dollar financing needs to both markets. Michael Turner and Francesca Young report.

Francesca Young, December 18, 2018
EM LatAm

LatAm looks to technicals to withstand storm

Battling a host of problems — local and global — Latin American bond markets suffered a torrid 2018. Many issuers stayed away, high yielders struggled to find financing and investors booked losses. With more volatility expected, political developments in LatAm’s three largest economies could make or break the region’s bond markets in 2019. Oliver West reports.

Oliver West, December 18, 2018
Derivatives

Emerging market structured funding expands frontiers

A niche corner of the interbank lending market between Western and emerging market financial institutions has been thriving behind the scenes of volatility in public EM markets, as its activity spreads across regions and innovation in its financing products flourishes, writes Ross Lancaster.

Ross Lancaster, December 18, 2018
Asia

Kazakhstan to lead EM IPO pipeline in 2019

A host of emerging market opportunities are set to be presented to equity investors in 2019 with Kazakhstan likely to lead the way with a number of highly anticipated listings. Sam Kerr reports.

Sam Kerr, December 18, 2018
ABBs-Block Trades

ECM in 2019: Brexit pursued by a bear?

Volatility has returned to equity capital markets, derailing indices and making new capital raising much more difficult. ECM deals can still offer investors a way to outperform, but when markets are tough, their risk appetite shrivels. Many political shocks could hurt in 2019, starting with Brexit and a global trade war. But overshadowing all this is the fear that a more profound pessimism has returned to stalk equity markets, after their long upward decade. Sam Kerr reports.

Sam Kerr, December 18, 2018

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