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Stablecoins are a curiosity unique to the cryptocurrency market and, despite the placid sounding name, have been embroiled in some of the hairiest controversies in the market. And they aren’t even stable. -
Ride-share firm Uber saw sufficient demand from investors this week to increase the size of its debut private high yield bond from an initial $1.5bn to $2bn across two tenors.
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It was a good week for Netflix as its stock jumped by almost 10% after it released its third quarter results, but the company’s business model and overvalued stock makes it seem like a bubble trade.
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Conagra Brands tucked away a $7bn bond deal just days after market volatility forced it to postpone the trade.
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The Basel Committee for Banking Supervision (BCBS) on Thursday launched a consultation to address a quirk of Basel capital rules reviled by many derivatives clearers.
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Studio City International Holdings priced its debut on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) at the top of its marketing range on Thursday, raising $359.4m.
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Chinese privately-owned borrowers should be prepared to cough up higher margins and offer tighter covenants for their syndicated fundraisings as trade tensions between the Mainland and the US escalate.
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US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) chairman Christopher Giancarlo has threatened to retaliate over European Commission legislation that Giancarlo thinks would result in “conflicting” and “overly burdensome” regulation from abroad.
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Equity investors are looking more closely at valuations after a brutal sell-off last week left many funds questioning where to allocate capital during a changing cycle.
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Rostin Behnam, a commissioner at the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) flagged potential issues in the governance and risk management of clearing houses (CCPs) on Tuesday.
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The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) has moved on from its role as secretary of the special committees that rule on whether credit events that trigger credit default swap (CDS) payouts take place.
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The advance of global warming, highlighted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s report this week, not only demands that the private sector accelerate efforts to cut carbon emissions. Companies must also adapt to the changing climate – and this will involve interacting in new ways, experts say.
