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MUFG hires derivs head from HSBC — ex-Stan Chart chief to chair ICG — DCM banker goes to sustainable finance centre -
The European Investment Bank won a huge reception from investors for its debut €STR-linked floating rate note (FRN) this week, ignoring concerns about a lack of demand amid negative rates in the euro market. While there is a lack of clarity about calculating €STR bonds’ fair value and on Euribor’s future, public sector borrowers are expected to embrace the risk-free euro rate.
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KommuneKredit’s senior funding and investor relations manager Lasse Vest has left the Danish agency for Danske Bank.
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An increase in the consumption tax rate will hit Japan’s economy, analysts warn. Alongside a strong yen and global growth fears, this is likely to push the Bank of Japan into further easing measures. With banks creaking under the strain of low rates, Japan’s central bank, under governor Haruhiko Kuroda, will have to concoct a delicate mix of stimuli. Reported by Jasper Cox, ahead of the Bank of Japan’s September meeting
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Kristalina Georgieva, who is the new managing director of the International Monetary Fund from Tuesday, plans to expand the use of precautionary instruments, such as credit lines, to more countries.
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Populist governments will be tempted to use the opportunity presented by record low yields to borrow money at close to zero interest rates to reverse austerity and fund major spending schemes, according to the authors of a study into long-term asset returns. Meanwhile, an economist elsewhere suggested lax monetary policy has meant sovereign credit default swap (CDS) prices are underrepresenting risks.
