Marlette Funding preps deal as industry heads for “critical quarter”
Online lender Marlette Funding is marketing a securitization this week, as the wider marketplace lending industry gears up for an important fourth quarter.
View ArticleGuggenheim beefs up in US leveraged finance
Guggenheim Securities has hired the former global head of fixed income loans at Lehman Brothers as a senior managing director in US leveraged loans and high yield.
View ArticleFears over Qatari exposure should not become paranoia
Emerging market loan bankers are used to a little political drama but the recent spat between the Saudi-led group of six Arab states and Qatar has caused doubts about whether to engage in deals with...
View ArticleMosaic solar ABS resurfaces in primary pipeline
Residential rooftop solar finance company Mosaic has refiled documents in preparation for an ABS offering, nearly four months after the company originally filed for the deal in June.
View ArticleLendingHome mulls new rated securitization
Online mortgage lender LendingHome, which launched a master securitization trust last year, is exploring the option of bringing its first rated securitization, according to CEO Matt Humphrey and CFO...
View ArticleNeiman Marcus debt climbs after better earnings
Debt investors showed some faith that luxury department store Neiman Marcus would ride out challenges in the US retail sector on Tuesday as it posted better than expected quarterly earnings, causing...
View ArticleReforms for stability
Finance minister Gillmore Hoefdraad had a front row seat as Suriname’s open economy was battered on three fronts — lower gold and oil prices, and the end of bauxite mining — leading to a recession in...
View ArticleBelt and Road to transform Southeast Asia into China’s backyard
This article is the first part in a series of four on China’s Belt and Road Initiative that we are publishing during the 2017 IMF-World Bank annual meetings in Washington DC. We have devoted two...
View ArticleElection lifts hopes of greener Germany, perhaps even green bond
Germany’s general election has put the Green party in a strong position to push for bolder policies on sustainability, and possibly to gain control of the energy ministry.
View Article'Chronic abuse' of cheap money leaves frontier markets vulnerable to rate hikes
Frontier markets that rushed to rack up cheap debt as funding costs hit historic lows are vulnerable to default if interest rates soar, raising the question whether they should have been allowed to...
View ArticleKim confident of landing extra funding to turn 'billions into trillions'
The World Bank's president, Jim Kim, will push rich countries' finance ministers to agree to a capital increase that will enable him to leverage trillions of dollars of private capital
View ArticleMexico vs Cat bonds: 1-1
Catastrophe bond pays out for one of two major earthquakes to hit Mexico in September
View ArticleBNDES 'warrior' lines up jumbo Eurobond to counter Brazil government's cash grab
Paulo Rabello de Castro of BNDES is determined to protect the bank's liquidity, planning to raid the international bond markets to raise up to $5bn as the government cuts subsidies to hit fiscal targets
View ArticleSouth Africa risks rapid outflows and junk ratings ahead of December ANC...
December's election for a new head of the ruling ANC is a watershed moment for South Africa, which could see a rapid reversal of the strong investor inflows seen this year and a full house of junk ratings
View ArticleIndia dusts off own Belt and Road plans but risks 'destructive competition'...
After initially treating China’s Belt and Road Initiative as a local venture, India has launched its own Project Mausam plan that experts say could be a “win-win” for the region at the risk of stirring...
View ArticleEnd of Pax Americana as emerging powers sense global shift
The retreat of the United States from the world stage has left a vacuum that will be filled by many different players in a world where transnational corporations will gain greater power, experts told...
View ArticleEchoes of China as India warned of excessive state debts
Debt owed by India’s 29 states has doubled over the past five years to $304bn, triggering calls by analysts on the central government to impose regulations or face the danger of following China down a...
View ArticleHurricane-ravaged Caribbean islands demand polluters pay for rebuild
Gaston Browne thinks that developed countries are contributing to the frequency and savagery of hurricanes with their carbon emissions and that they therefore should write off debts and help his...
View ArticleDealing with the Trump shock: Banxico looking at all options amid crucial...
Tight monetary policy has served as shock absorber this year, says Díaz de León
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