Investing in Chinese debt used to be easy. Chinese bonds and loans almost never defaulted and when they did there was almost always a government bailout. Recent years have seen …
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The tsunami of monetary and fiscal stimulus this year is a continuation of the policies implemented when the Financial Crisis began. When these first started the few who wondered aloud …
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Governments the world over have been lamenting the lack of productivity growth for the last 15 years. In Australia this has been somewhat masked by our enormous population growth, which …
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The US leveraged loan market has had a tough year but the pain is set to continue for years to come. At the start of the year margins were low …
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After 21 years, long suffering NABHA holders can finally see the end of their bumpy journey. Whilst NABHA holders have received what was required from their contractual position, getting quarterly …
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Whether it’s by deliberate decision or by happenstance, the Federal Government has handed the Australian major banks two big wins over their non-bank competitors. The decision to undo the current …
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