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  • Kookmin Bank’s efforts to sell Asia's first covered bonds last week caused more arguments between bankers than bonus day.
  • We haven’t seen many market-dividing deals this year. Everyone has been trying to find their feet again after a tumultuous 2008 and a horrendous first quarter so the conditions for market discord haven’t been there. No one has wanted to put the boot in to someone else’s deal and potentially hurt a recovery. And no one has been brave, or foolhardy, enough to try anything new. Until now that is. Kookmin Bank’s covered bond this week has caused more arguments between bankers than bonus day.
  • It’s been a long time coming, but perhaps Kookmin Bank’s covered bond could finally be the start of something special.
  • It’s been a long time coming, but perhaps Kookmin Bank’s covered bond could finally be the start of something special.
  • Taking a haircut is never a bondholder's first choice, but Greentown's tender offer should not leave such a bitter taste.
  • Another week, another buyback. Chinese property developer Greentown became the latest issuer to launch a tender for its high yield bonds this week. It’s certainly not the first Chinese issuer to try to cancel out its offshore borrowing to get it out of a tight spot, and I’m certain it won’t be the last.