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Russia has mandated an exclusively Russian consortium of banks to arrange a euro bond issue. Market participants say the extra cash is not necessary but is Russia’s way of demonstrating its access to markets a month after its sovereign debt was slapped with further US sanctions. -
David Cameron’s involvement with Greensill Capital blew a financial scandal into a political crisis, as details emerged of the close contacts between the company, civil servants, ministers and the British establishment. Last week, UK lawmakers had their chance to grill Cameron directly, in a session which can’t have been too comfortable. But amid the self-exculpation, the ex-Prime Minister had a couple of good points.
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After Chileans chose the delegates who will draft a new constitution, bond market participants appeared to be taken aback by the centre-right government’s poor performance. Chilean assets across the board slumped, with local rates hit harder than hard currency bonds.
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Credit Suisse Group targeted the dollar market this week for its first public bond offering since the collapse of US hedge fund Archegos. It ended up paying a relatively small new issue premium for its large $3.25bn transaction.
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Malaysia’s 1MDB is understood to be suing Deutsche Bank and JP Morgan as part of an effort to recoup more than MR96.6bn ($23.5bn) in assets that it claims are linked to the state investment fund.
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In this round-up, China’s trade surplus jumps in the first four months of the year, regulators unveil details for implementing the cross-border Wealth Management Connect pilot scheme between the Mainland, Hong Kong and Macau, and Beijing decides to suspend all activity under the China-Australia Strategic Economic Dialogue.
