Asia: Convertible bond sales scale new heights
By John Loh After years of struggle, Asia’s equity-linked market is back with a roar. So far this year, the 40 or so deals priced in the region (excluding Japan and onshore China) have raised a total of $9.7 billion,...
Chinese banks slow lending
By Pan Yue Mainland lenders are becoming more selective, bankers say They point to a recent loan for China Vanke, a Rmb4.15 billion ($656 million) facility, which will be used to acquire 20 shopping malls in China from Singaporean real...
Regulation: China’s limited liberalization
The banking and insurance regulators have merged; the door has been opened to foreign bond and equity investors; and international asset managers, banks, brokers and insurers have been told they can hold majority stakes in local firms. There is little...
Barbados represents a higher risk opportunity
Preliminary results from Euromoney’s country risk survey, due to be released next week, indicate Barbados is one of the more notable movers since March. Its risk score has fallen by half a point to 39.9, causing the sovereign borrower to...
Dunedin picks up GPS and looks to Asia
Dunedin has taken a stake in Global Processing Services (GPS) in a deal that concludes a three-year search for a suitable investment in the payments sector. UK private equity house Dunedin invested in a £44 million financing of GPS, a...
Western Europe: Pensions’ raid on mortgages heads north
First it was the Netherlands, now Sweden. Like the Dutch, Swedish bankers have for years enjoyed a profitable and fairly oligopolistic banking sector, underpinned by high-margin and low-risk mortgages. But while challengers like Lansforsakringar and the Swedish arm of Danske...
FCA probe to explore Mifid II impact on research
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has launched a review into the application of Mifid II regulations and the unbundling of research costs. It plans to write to asset managers, investment banks, specialist brokers and independent providers to ask for...
Payments move into the next generation
Looking at current payment methods, the study from the online payments company found that the UK was far ahead with its adoption of contactless payments, with 54% of respondents having paid using the method in the past month. Germany saw...
Fintechs get organised
Finastra launched its FusionFabric.cloud platform at the end of May to simplify app development for fintechs and help banks to find the right tech partner quickly. The cloud-based platform site brings together developers in a way that makes it easier...
Country risk: Russia takes centre stage
Much like this pylon depicting the World Cup mascot, Russia could be a powerhouse amongst EMs – or plain shocking The countdown is over, it’s under way, another month of the most eagerly awaited football tournament held every four years,...
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