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Ukraine tapped its dollar bonds on Thursday, as the certainty of disbursement of much-needed funding from the IMF remains unclear. -
Robinhood’s mission to democratise stock markets is taking its inevitable next step with its own initial public offering, of which it says it will sell between 20% to 35% to retail investors. But while opening up the IPO investor base beyond the institutional investor clique sounds good in theory, such transactions remain extremely risky for retail investors.
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In this round-up, the Chinese central bank releases the first white paper for its digital currency, regulators led by the Cyberspace Administration of China conduct an on-site inspection at Didi Chuxing Technology, and the takeover period of nine financial firms linked to beleaguered conglomerate Tomorrow Holding has been extended.
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As Western companies operating in Hong Kong await the details of a warning from the US State Department about the risks of doing business in the special administrative region, analysts say the growing rift between China and the US is putting HSBC in an especially uncomfortable position.
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Novo Banco found just enough demand to print its first preferred senior bond this week, setting the issuer off on a journey towards its minimum requirements for own funds and eligible liabilities (MREL) targets. Market participants drew attention to the Portuguese bank’s controversial past, including imposing unexpected losses on a group of senior bondholders.
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is casting a wider net in terms of what it considers consumer fraud to keep in line with US president Joe Biden's pro-consumer agenda. Such aggressive consumer protection measures, if they were to increase in magnitude, might create unpredictability for secondary markets and investors, sources said.
