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  • End of year earnings calls at the US banks all featured anxieties about the exposure of the firms to a leveraged finance market that was looking increasingly stretched through year end, with some bridges said to be hung and discounts offered on risk positions.
  • Larry Fink, chief executive of BlackRock, became one of the most namechecked people in the responsible investing movement in 2018 when he affirmed that “Companies must benefit all of their stakeholders, including shareholders, employees, customers and the communities in which they operate.”
  • UK companies hoping to be involved in mergers and acquisitions (M&As) are heading towards a sea of red tape, with the government due to review around 100 times more transactions a year than before on national security grounds. That could prompt a spree of deals before the proposed measures become law, writes Mike Turner.
  • Some Schuldschein arrangers are expecting that a syndicate’s distribution skills may become more important this year, as conditions across capital markets become difficult.
  • US private placement (US PP) participants the world over will descend on Florida next week for four days of intensive meetings at a major market conference. For UK-based PP agents attending, soothing concerns over and gleaning investors’ views on Brexit is the top priority.
  • Maintaining confidence in the system relies on trust that leaders — those selected for their competence and character to set the course for the rest of us — are well informed, able to communicate with others at their level and take decisions that serve the interests of those they lead.