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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.
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Send a text ◆ How banks and bankers are operating in the region under threat of military escaltion ◆ Bond issuance to resume — but how? ◆ Dwindling fee pool poses questions over long-term future for banks The Middle East bond market as been one of growing volumes for the last decade and banks both local and international have been pouring resources into the region to grab a slice of the action. But the outbreak of the Iran war last week has temporarily shuttered issuance. We revea...
Send a text ◆ UAE issuers leave emerging markets lable behind ◆ What Blue Owl can teach about private credit for the masses ◆ A bump in the road for UK bridging lenders on the way to securitization Abu Dhabi was in the bond market this week just two days after JP Morgan confirmed that issuers from the UAE would be removed from its benchmark Emerging Markets Bond Indices (EMBI) by the end of March. We look into what EMBI exclusion means for Abu Dhabi and other UAE credits. We also ...
Send a text ◆ How AI threat to software biz threatens stockmarket listings... ◆ ... and collaterlised loan obligation market ◆ AT1 market hits new record tight but buyers turn away Investors are wary that recent AI upgrades — notably Anthropic's latest Claude Cowork agent — are a threat to the software as a service (Saas) sector. This is causing headaches for Saas businesses looking to do an IPO this year as well as the private equity companies that often sponsor them. We examine ...
Send a text ◆ Why emerging market issuers are doing less in dollars ◆ Republic of Congo — located between rock and hard place ◆ The GlobalCapital Podcast was brought to you by the numbers 17, 100 and the whole Alphabet Emerging market issuers are diversifying away from dollar funding. We examine which currencies they are looking to raise debt capital with and what is driving them out of the dollar market. We also dissect the tough choices the Republic of Congo was faced this week ...
Send a text ◆ Bond auctions get the fintech treatment ◆ Oracle shows how to fund AI capex with bonds ◆ Banks plough on in bonds despite weaker markets There's nothing new about auctioning bonds as a means to distribute them but this week, fintech BondAuction was involved in a deal for The Housing Finance Corporation that brought new technology to the idea and introduced it to a new section of the market. We discussed how it worked, how it was receieved and whether it will catch on...
Send a text ◆ Scottish government bonds near ◆ CLOs and private credit ◆ Corporate hybrid debt reaches new tights Scotland is looking for banks and lawyers to help bring its first bond to market. But the idea raised a number of questions at GC Towers this week. Firstly, what is Scotland? Is it a sovereign issuer, a sub-sovereign, or something altogether new? Not only did we wonder what investors would be buying but we also questioned what Scotland was selling and why it wanted to ...
Send a text ◆ CSG's IPO and the rampant investment for defence companies ◆ Ukraine issuer back in bond market ◆ Fomo sapiens: investment bankings most joyless Money is pouring into defence, both from government budgets and from investors in the capital markets. The IPO of Czech defence supplier CSG this week was an extraordinary transaction — the largest European listing to date and the biggest ever from the industry. We dissect the deal, discuss the industry's prospects for capit...
Send a text ◆ Public sector issuers embrace hedge fund bid... ◆ ... as they flex in the swap market ◆ Car makers welcomed back to bond market Allocating more of a new issue to hedge funds has long been something SSA issuers have only done if they absolutley needed to. But that is now changing. Issuers are giving more bonds to the so-called fast money but only if it slows down. We discuss which types of hedge funds are getting more SSA bonds, why they want them and what they are pr...
Send a text ◆ What has driven this week's record issuance and what might threaten sentiment ◆ Why the Maduro affair is a wake-up call for the EU ◆ Resolving Venezuela's debtberg After a rip-roaring start to the bond market this week, we take a look at just how good it is for issuers and what has driven the huge volumes. Sure, the Epiphany holiday on Tuesday pushed issuers to do their euro funding in a particularly narrow window, but greater forces are at play across the rest...
Send a text ◆ Data centres: crunch time for Europe's capital markets ◆ How AI is changing capital markets work... ◆ ... and hiring It is no secret that data centre financing will be an increasingly important part of the capital markets in the years ahead. But this week we discuss why it is such a vital test for the EU's capital markets and the bloc's overall competitiveness as we contrast the progress in data centre securitization between the Europe and the US. We also take a clo...
Send a text ◆ Simplification plans boggle bank boffins ◆ Hungry, hungry hyperscalers to push utilities into bond market ◆ A loan in the sand: private credit jostles for place in Middle East debt markets On last week's episode we discussed how the ECB was preparing to recommend simplifications to the way EU banks are regulated, in order to make them more competitive and to drive growth. This week it made its recommendations but they seem far from simple and contain suggestions to a...
Send a text ◆ Private credit and equity to come under oversight for first time... ◆ ... as Bank of England eases burden on banks... ◆ ... amid global shift to lighten up on lenders, with ECB expected next Alternative asset managers will finally come under the Bank of England's scrutiny, the central bank and regulator said this week. We discuss in detail how that will work and what the implications for the ballooning sector may be. Two days before it announced its plans, the BoE al...
Send a text ◆ UK government guns for growth but did it miss? ◆ French fancy: FIG in favour again ◆ Pandas and Wontons with the AIIB After months of speculation, the UK government delivered its Autumn Budget this week. The country may have felt like it has been through the worst of times but are we about to enter the best of times? We pick through the policies to see how they will affect capital markets from IPOs to retail investment. In the immediate future, market par...
Send a text ◆ Are investment bank bonuses going up this year, and when does everyone get paid? ◆ How the UK government's 'binary' Budget is affecting bank bond issuers ◆ Legal pressure builds on MDBs to reassess climate impact The UK government's Budget announcement next week has been the source of rabid speculation for months. The uncertainty is affecting how banks in particular approach the sterling bond market to fund themselves. We explain the dynamics in play. Meanwhile, an N...
Send a text ◆ Private credit, banks or securitization — which one is regulated too lightly? ◆ How AI capex will affect Europe's bond market ◆ What do defence bonds achieve? Two senior UK bankers were in the House of Lords this week pleading for lighter regulation in the face of competition from private credit and their US rivals. One, Michael Roberts, the CEO of HSBC Bank plc and its CEO of corporate and institutional banking, even implied that securitization may be too lightly re...
Send a text ◆ Why Europe's corporate bond market is on a roll ◆ Reverse Yankees, hot hybrids and huge size with more to come ◆ Europe's stock exchanges' attempts to drum up more IPOs Market participants had expected this week to be a busy one for euro and sterling investment grade corporate bond issuance. But the volume of business that was done exceeded all expectations. With jumbo deals from the likes of Alphabet to successful offerings from less common credits like Brisba...
Send a text ◆ Pause clauses could add to disaster arsenal ◆ KfW CEO Stefan Wintels on bond digitisation ◆ What ESG backlash? Banks ramp up green bond issuance As Hurricane Melissa ripped through the Carribbean this week, the bond market had a part to play in helping Jamaica fund its recovery from the storm. That came in the form of a catastrophe bond, which we explain in detail, but we also discuss how sovereign debt could be tweaked in future to help stricken countries get by. Ge...
Send a text ◆ What is pushing CLO mezz wider ◆ FIG pre-funding underway ◆ What happened at the World Bank/IMF Annual Meetings The CLO market is both subject to and affects what happens in leveraged loans, risking distortion in the latter. First, we discuss why the riskier bits of the CLO stack are trading wider. Then we delve into why CLOs give us cause to think that leveraged loan pricing may not purely reflect the credit quality of the borrowers. If you like listening to GlobalC...
Send a text ◆ Holders win write-down ruling but path to recovery uncertain ◆ StrideUp brings Islamic innovation to UK securitization ◆ Emerging market bonds have an off-week (almost) We picked apart a Swiss court ruling this week that overturned the country's financial regulator's decision in March 2023 to write-down Credit Suisse's additional tier one (AT1) paper. The decision was controversial at the time because the AT1 holders came out worse from the collapse of Credit Suisse ...
Send a text ◆ Why buy bonds when spreads are so tight ◆ Using tech to unearth new economic signals ◆ Playing the shifting relative value pitch This week, in an exclusive interview with world's largest investment manager, BlackRock, we discussed how much tighter credit spreads can go, what is driving it and how the company is adjusting to underlying shifts in relative value. We also debated tech: whether digitalisation of the bond market is all it's cracked up to be for the buy-sid...
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