With Nordic high-yield borrowing costs about 200 basis points higher than in the euro market, investors from Europe are crowding into Nordic junk bonds. Issuance of Nordic high-yield corporate bonds soared 122% in the first quarter from a year earlier to $7.6 billion....
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JLN Regions Summary: Vickers Venture Partners Falls Prey to Nickel Scam in Singapore; Chinese-Australian Dialogue Suspended; Argentina Adopts Meatless Mondays
Vickers Venture Partners, a technology startup investor founded by Finian Tan, has fallen victim to an alleged nickel trading scheme fronted by Singaporean company Envy Global Trading. Ng Yu Zhi, the businessman at the head of this scheme, has been charged with faking...
JLN Regions Summary: Pandemic Disrupts Hajj Pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia; Silver Lake’s Talks With New Zealand Rugby League Spark Debate; Cigarettes Disguise Currency Exchange in Caracas
Japanese online brokerage company SBI has ended a long venture with Chinese insurance company Ping An due to high fintech development costs and an increased concern with data security. (Finews) Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. is in a strong position to...
JLN Regions Summary: EU Investors Pulled Between the US and China; Australian Companies Get a Second Wind with IPOs; Mexico’s Shadow Banks Worry Investors
In light of China’s recent political moves (its assertiveness over Taiwan, tighter controls over Hong Kong and alleged mistreatment of Muslim Uyghurs) many European nations have either joined with the Biden Administration to further sanction China, or continued to...
JLN Regions Summary: Tesla’s PR Shift in China; Vasuki Shastry Highlights Challenges Facing Asian Markets; Doing Business in Dubai
Tesla’s response to complaints in China has shed light on the company’s, and CEO Elon Musk’s, treatment of regulators and how the importance of China’s market may change their tune. (Bloomberg Opinion) Author Vasuki Shastry explains some of the challenges facing the...
American Financial Exchange® Marks Its 5-Year Anniversary, Achieving Milestones in Membership and Volume Growth
PRESS RELEASE CHICAGO -- December 11, 2020 -- The American Financial Exchange (AFX), an electronic exchange for direct lending and borrowing for American banks and financial institutions — and the inventor of AMERIBOR® — will celebrate its 5-year anniversary on...
THE JOHN LOTHIAN NEWS DAILY UPDATE (WEEKLY ROUNDUP) – WEEK OF 9/8/2020
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Were Illinois’ Social Equity Applicants Burned?
Heated debate and a lawsuit quickly followed the release on September 3 of a list of 21 finalists for the state’s social equity cannabis dispensary licenses.
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