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  • Investors must push back against Asia's weakening high-yield covenant packages. Although investor protections remain robust – especially compared to what's seen in the US and Europe – the region's legal frameworks are much less established.
  • The restructure of Suzlon Energy’s foreign currency convertible bonds is the largest in India to date. It also demonstrates that offshore bondholders and onshore lenders can reach a solution together
  • The uptick in small business administration (SBA) licences suggests banks are increasingly taking advantage of the exception to the Volcker rule's ban on proprietary trading, which allows them to make investments through Small Business Investment Companies (SBIC).
  • Islamic finance has experienced an impressive growth trajectory over recent years, with analysts tipping it be worth $2 trillion by the end of 2014.
  • Asia is not moving in line with European and US covenants Investor protections in Asia high-yield bonds have diverged from the global trend of weakening covenant packages. They're expected to remain investor-friendly compared to those seen elsewhere. Moody's recent Asia-Pacific Covenant Quality report noted that Asia's covenant packages remain stronger than those in Europe and the US – although non-Chinese bonds tend to have stronger scores.
  • There is speculation that the European Commission's delay in approving the liquidity coverage ratio (LCR) means it will reflect the outcome of the Bank of England (BoE) and European Central Bank's (ECB) consultation on reviving securitisation.
  • The European Central Bank (ECB) has quite the job on its hands. Tasked with supervising the eurozone's largest 128 banks in November, the central bank needs to prove itself.
  • Argentina's fight with holdout creditors and its eventual default proves that, sometimes, everyone is a loser.
  • Investors in European high yield are once again unhappy at the erosion of safeguards in the region's booming debt markets.
  • Legislative uncertainty’s impact on inversions?