Euromoney’s 2012 FX survey results

Euromoney’s 2012 FX survey results

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China’s $1.7 trillion hangover

China’s $1.7 trillion hangover

Up to 40% of China’s $1.7 trillion LGFV loans are at high risk of default. What’s a panicking Beijing to do?

June 2007

Hybrids: Asian retail tier 1 market reopens

by Alex Chambers and Jethro Wookey

Asset managers are part of an unusual issuer mix.


A market that has been devoid of issuance for one and a half years reopened last month when Aberdeen Asset Management successfully launched and priced a 7.9% $400 million perpetual non-call five tier 1 bond via Merrill Lynch. The asset manager was swiftly followed by transactions for BNP Paribas and Lehman Brothers. There are others in the wings, namely an upper tier 2 style deal for International Securities Trading Corporation, via Merrill Lynch and HSBC, and a tier 1 offering for IKB via Deutsche Bank.

"There is lots of money in private banks, and current coupons in the range of 6.5%...


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