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A clutch of China’s technology stars had been expected to dazzle the market with their IPOs this year, but the evolving regulatory environment means many are ambivalent about whether to list onshore or off. Market watchers say fintech players could be pushed to the US, even as other tech firms consider an A-share IPO. John Loh reports. -
Volkswagen has returned to the public straight bond markets in its own name for the first time since September 2015, when it was swept from the market by its emissions test cheating scandal. Bond markets being what they are, a multi-billion euro blowout is likely.
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ABN Amro attracted a healthy book for a large $1.5bn tier two trade on Monday, as the FIG market filled up in both dollars and euros after a busy week of potential risks.
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French asset manager Tobam Core Investments opened its first international high yield fund on Monday. The €100m fund aims to go against the grain.
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FTSE Russell, the global index and data company, has hired Sean Smith as managing director of derivatives licences.
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US President Donald Trump’s administration this week showed it was ready to release its hounds on the post-crisis global regulatory ecosystem, as its nominee to run the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) bared his teeth at “excessive regulation”, showing that all the talk of tearing up the rules may soon turn towards action. Costas Mourselas reports.
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Snow storms shut the US market on Tuesday but the Federal Reserve blew it wide open again 24 hours later as credit markets applauded what some termed applauded Janet Yellen’s "dovish hike".
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The PBoC may be managing to keep the RMB stable this year but the trade policies of new US president Donald Trump and China’s growing corporate debt will continue to pose a challenge, according to think tank OMFIF.
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The CME Group will serve as the new administrator for SIFMA Asset Management Group's market agreed coupon swap contract, a previously self-administered structure.
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Acting chairman of the CFTC, J Christopher Giancarlo, whom the White House has said will be nominated to takeover the post full time, promised to “run a tighter ship” during a speech on Wednesday in Boca Raton, Florida.
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A new service that will allow US assets to be used as collateral in European OTC derivatives transactions has been launched by Global Collateral, a joint venture of the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC) and Euroclear.
