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?

Euromoney’s 2012 FX survey results

Euromoney’s 2012 FX survey results

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Spain: Banks boost property provisions

March 2012 - March 2012

Banks told to raise buffers; Weaker banks dependent on ECB

Real estate: Will banks jump on REO speedwagon?

February 2012 - February 2012

US Fed to incentivize investors; Single-family homes new asset class

Australia: Finger-pointing follows covered bond falls

January 2012 - January 2012

Australian banks ‘miss broader point’; Some blame issuers, others bookrunners

Can a capricious economy save China from a hard landing?

January 2012 euromoney.com - January 2012

The debate on whether China is due for a hard landing returned to the fore as property prices fell for a fourth consecutive month. And although analysts remain polarized in their views, some believe the country’s unconventional economic policy will prevent its economy going into free fall.

Geoghegan’s NAMA findings are a warning for Spain

December 2011 euromoney.com - December 2011

Euromoney Skew takes a look at ex-HSBC chief executive Michael Geoghegan’s recent study of Ireland’s National Asset Management Agency (NAMA).

Israeli banks face house-price dip

December 2011 - December 2011

Mortgage lenders under threat; Fischer clashes with housing chief

Lack of foreclosures reveal US denial over state of the economy

December 2011 - December 2011

Lack of repossessions hides extent of US’s dire economic situation.

Real estate: Property throws a shadow over China

December 2011 - December 2011

Talk of a Chinese property bubble and potential crash is misleading. The country’s real estate sector is as varied as China itself. But what unites Chinese property investors, and the government, is concerns about the pace at which building continues, prices are falling and the extent of exposure in a growing shadow banking sector.

Bankia's potential black hole

November 2011 euromoney.com - November 2011

Bad real estate lending could leave Bankia holed below the waterline

China: Property market is on the brink

November 2011 - November 2011

Developers’ bonds trading in 70s, 80s; Analysts expect more price cuts as sales fall

UK issuers tap dollar demand for jumbo RMBS

November 2011 - November 2011

Euro swap cost prohibitive; New buyers move in

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