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The GlobalCapital Podcast GlobalCapital
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A weekly podcast from GlobalCapital, the capital markets news service based in London and New York, discussing its most interesting stories from around the world. Every Friday, listen to lively discussion about the very latest themes, the most innovative and important bond and equity issues and syndicated loans and much more from the capital markets.This podcast is for anyone working in - or who wants to work in - the capital markets from investment bankers, to funding and treasury officials, investors, lawyers, analysts, NGOs and lobbyists, regulators and policy makers, and analysts.GlobalCapital has been the "voice of the markets" for over 35 years, covering bond, loan, equity and securitisation markets around the world. We cover everything from public sector bond issuers, financial institutions, emerging markets and investment grade corporate bonds and loans to securitisation (including CLOs and ABS), regulation and market news as well as industry gossip.GlobalCapital is written for capital markets professionals but the podcast is of value to anyone with an interest in the industry, whether you have been working in it for as long as we have, or are looking to make your first career move into it.This podcast is a commute-sized slice of everything that's most interesting from the world's capital markets with the aim of helping you sound smarter in your morning meeting, or making you stand out from the crowd of other hopefuls when kick-starting your career.And don't forget, you can #AskGC anything you like and we will select the best questions to answer on the show.Contact us at podcast@globalcapital.com
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The trouble with Capital Markets Union, EMEA investment banking and EM bonds
◆ Capital Markets Union: gauffre it ◆ The EMEA investment banking riddle ◆ Why EM bond investors keep buying deals that end up under waterMairead McGuinness, the European Commissioner for financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union urged those attending the International Capital Markets Association's conference in Brussels this week to get on with building CMU. But were they listening? We cut through the waffle to discuss the path to a common capital market .Me...
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Blockchain bonds on the launchpad as Macron touts big bank M&A
◆ A pivotal moment for digital capital markets ◆ Who really benefits from bonds on the blockchain? ◆ FIG M&A in EuropeThere is no shortage of evangelists for digital capital markets. But adoption of bonds on the blockchain has been slow, not least because it hasn't always been obvious what problem the tech is solving, or how it can be widely implemented. This week, however, the ECB took a big step forward by launching trials of distributed ledger technology for bonds.We discuss ...
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From the one that has the market abuzz to the one with 'war next door' — why airline IPOs are stacking up
◆ Etihad to lead fleet of airline listings as IPO market and aviation sector blossom ◆ Air Baltic's historic coupon ◆ Open season for bank AT1sAn airline IPOs are a rare bird. In the last nine years, there have been three. The industry has rebounded from Covid, however, as UAE carrier Etihad's results proved this week and now it and at least eight others are looking to list on stock exchanges this year, or next. We look at what is driving them to the equity market and what reception...
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Is sustainability-linked finance over and who will run HSBC?
◆ Sustainability-linked bonds lose appeal... ◆ ... as do the loan versions, come to think of it ◆ The favourites to take over from Quinn at HSBCWhen Enel missed a KPI on its sustainability-linked bonds, it could have marked a moment of maturation for a youthful product but issuance volumes are plummeting.Meanwhile, the international banks that lend to Turkey's financial institutions seem to prefer to make green loans rather than the sustainability-linked versions they made previousl...
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The curse of the millstone mandate
◆ The 'marginal madate': it seemed like a good idea at the time ◆ GlobalCapital's new columnist, Craig Coben ◆ World Bank boosts lending capacityWhat do you do when that mandate you accepted in a quiet market to keep busy is still lurking about, taking up time and energy, when the market has picked up and juicier deals are to be done?Is extending balance sheet to clients as a second tier firm when the top tier won't anything other than an exercise in futility in the long term?Global...
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Callable capital, calling it off and cancelling cornerstones
◆ Supranationals speak on callable capital ◆ Bank funding: pricing reset ◆ The demise of the cornerstone investorAs the great and the good of the development finance world gathered in Washington, DC for the World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings, multilateral development banks published details about their callable capital, the next vital step along the way to powering up their lending to solve some of the planet's most urgent problems. We digest what they said and why it matters.In the FIG...