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The managing partner of boutique investment firm Dromeus Capital tells Credit the easy money has been made in emerging markets credit: investors now need to get their hands dirty. Emerging market bond...
CDS on emerging market names adopted standardised coupons from September 21. Coupons of 100bp and 500bp have been introduced initially, and additional coupons may follow for trading and for back-loading...
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association has decided credit default swaps (CDS) on emerging market names will adopt standardised coupons from September 21. Coupons of 100 basis points and...
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US Wrap: ABN Amro looks to Gold Fields for yield
ABN Amro has launched a reverse convertible note linked to the stock of Gold Fields, the precious metal producer. The structure is the latest addition to a trend which is seeing arrangers offer commodity exposure through provider equity rather than the...
E.ON begins trading on SouthPool
E.ON Energy Trading (EET) announced on September 4 that it had completed its first spot power trade at the SouthPool regional energy exchange. E.ON said joining the Ljubljana-based exchange, which offers products for the Slovenian and the Serbian markets,...
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US Wrap: Closing the week in emerging markets and S&P 500
Three structures were on offer last Friday, reverse convertible, kick out and accelerated growth products, with the increasingly common emerging markets accompanying the usual flurry of S&P 500-linked notes.
US Wrap: Deutsche offers emerging markets funds play
Deutsche Bank has launched an emerging markets note which links to two exchange-traded funds based on Brazil and China, amid a busy start to the week for the US market. The structure gives investors 100% equally weighted participation in the iShares FTSE/Xinhua...
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Emerging markets took a battering last month. With fears of a global recession growing, investors ditched high-yielding assets en masse, causing local stock markets and exchange rates to go into freefall.Brazil's Bovespa index fell 36.5% between the start...
Brazil faulty
Brazil's stock market has come under severe pressure in recent weeks, while the real has plunged following an exodus of foreign capital. Nonetheless, BM&F Bovespa sees the current focus on counterparty risk as an opportunity. By Donna Haws
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