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Incompatible accounting standards could soon be a thing of the past for foreign issuers looking to tap into China’s onshore bond market with the World Bank’s upcoming SDR trade providing a template on how to get around this long standing issue. -
Peter Munro, head of investor relations and marketing at the European Investment Bank, is set to leave the supranational for a secondment with the International Capital Market Association (ICMA).
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Though Crédit Agricole is rarely considered one of the glitziest houses in the capital markets, a target of doubling revenues in global markets in five years’ time stands in sharp contrast to the gloom pervading its peers. It’s a plausible plan, too — the future belongs to the well-capitalised.
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Abundant oil reserves transform a country’s economy. The results are not always positive — some sovereigns suffer from the “Dutch Disease”, which inhibits exports of non-oil goods through an appreciation in the real exchange rate. But overall natural resources, in particular oil and gas, prove to be a boon for the lucky country’s finances.
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The World Bank’s debut IMF special drawing rights (SDR) bond — dubbed a Mulan bond — is an acknowledgement of China’s success in reforming the renminbi, George Richardson, the organisation’s director and global head of capital markets, told GlobalRMB.
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S&P Global Ratings lowered its rating on Mongolia to B- from B, citing the country’s weaker fiscal performance and growth prospects. This is a further blow to the country, which was already downgraded by one notch in November 2015.
