Row 1 - Latest/Ad/Opinion
Row 1 - Latest/Ad/Opinion
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Royal London deal shows appetite still there for tier-1
Bankers are hopeful that they may soon be able to issue new AT1 deals again as the secondary market recovers from the Credit Suisse write-down. -
Banking: Indonesia in the sweet spot
Indonesia is one of the world’s brighter prospects right now: growth, demographics, infrastructure momentum, inflation under control, more equity raised in the first quarter in Jakarta than New York. Banks are positioning to benefit – while keeping an eye on next year’s elections. -
Bond investing heads back to the old normal
Inflation is not beaten and rates may rise further. But high-grade bonds can still provide steady income and low risk, playing a new old role in investor portfolios. -
Rates pressure weighs on trade finance
As interest rate volatility persists, corporates are taking a hard look at their trade finance options. -
US commercial real estate: Storm in a teacup or next shoe to drop?
Fears were already growing about dangers lurking in US commercial real estate even before the wave of turmoil that has hit banks in the last two months. After the pandemic and a rush of rate hikes, there is little debate that the sector is at a turning point – the question is whether something worse is on the horizon. -
Silicon Valley Bank: Lessons from a bank collapse
As the drumbeat of bad news from the US regional banks grows steadily louder, Euromoney talks to market veterans about the lessons that can be learned from the event that started it all: Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse in March. -
Middle East IPOs: Is this time different?
As the Gulf IPO boom subsides, will better allocations for international investors, dual listings and better secondary-market liquidity be enough to ensure that the region’s equity capital markets can mature? -
US regional banks circle the wagons
The US regional banking system has just sustained its third bank collapse this year. Following an initial sharp slump in reaction to the news, bank stocks have continued to fall as short sellers target perceived weakness. Can the sector stabilize as the impact of rate rises on many of these lenders’ business models becomes apparent? -
Is Jordan ready for sustainable finance?
Jordan Kuwait Bank has issued the country’s first green bond, a key milestone for sustainability driven capital investments in the country. But getting momentum going in the sector will be an uphill battle. -
Bank deposit flight and the US money-market fund supremacy
US banks have seen $1.1 trillion in deposits flee the system over the past year. Much of this wound up in money-market funds that offer higher returns and the promise of safety and stability at a time of rising uncertainty. How dangerous is this for US lenders, and what can they do to convince flighty deposits to return to the banking system? -
Soaring cost of bank capital will drive boom in SRT trades
The cost of regulatory capital associated with lending will keep rising after the recent scare over deposit flight and the coming credit downturn. The solution for banks is to reduce risk-weighted assets on their balance sheets by buying protection from credit funds eager to diversify away from leveraged loans. -
Can direct lenders now take a serious bite out of the banks?
The recent spate of deposit flight that spread panic through the banking systems of the US and Europe opens a chance for non-bank lenders to seize more of the core businesses that banks want to retain. Central bank emergency measures may have prevented the crisis from spreading, but a new phase of disintermediation has begun. -
How NowCM is putting the pieces together in digital capital markets
A flurry of collaborations and the acquisition of Nivaura’s technology is putting NowCM in a key position in the digital capital markets ecosystem. Its focus on real-time issuance and its ownership of a regulated marketplace may have just become even more relevant. -
Cheaper sukuk create opportunities for sovereign issuers
Both Egypt and Turkey have recently been able to tap dollars more cheaply through sukuk. -
Corporates seek short-term T-bill exposure
Short-term government bonds have re-emerged as a viable option for corporate treasurers seeking returns on their cash, but recent events in the US banking sector highlight the risks of long-dated exposures. -
Can London recover as a centre for capital raising?
The decision by its Japanese owners to relist ARM, the UK’s great technology success story, in the US instead of London was inevitable after years of decline and the hammer blow of Brexit. Deregulation might further accelerate its collapse, even as the City wins a boost from new technology bringing the vast pool of retail money into equity capital markets. -
Banks shift gear as mobility goes electric
Banks like Santander, BNP Paribas and SocGen see auto finance and the future of mobility as critical pieces of their overall group strategies. But as mobility becomes an increasingly fractured business, what does the auto finance bank of the future look like? -
Obituary: Dan Oakes, 1972-2023
For one of the most considerate men in capital markets, nothing was ever too much trouble.
Row 2 - Long Reads
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Pouncing on a firm with lots of corporate broking relationships at the low point for IPOs is a smart trade.
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How on earth, in this environment, did the bank deliver one of its best-ever quarters in Asia?
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Proceeds raised in the first three months of this year were 99% lower than the amount raised at the start of 2021.
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Tech-related bank deals can still get away, but investors call the shots now.
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The two bank’s investment banking franchises look enticingly well-matched. But how much business and how many bankers will still be around after the merger?
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The last broker-dealer was always going to feel the pain of a continuing capital markets slowdown, but sales and trading has provided a useful fillip.
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Commercial real-estate losses will not greatly damage big banks in Europe, but the banks themselves could inflict real damage to commercial real estate.
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First Abu Dhabi Bank’s recent interest in a bid for Standard Chartered and an ill-fated investment in Credit Suisse by Saudi National Bank have put the spotlight on Middle East banks as potential acquirers of international firms.
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Interest rate risk management has been complicated by the fall in yields after the US bailout of SVB’s depositors. Clients may feel that hedging chiefly benefits Wall Street dealers rather than themselves.