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Christopher Langner

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Bitcoin is still a small market, prone to dislocations, but as the variety of instruments around the currency grows, it’s starting to look more like the real thing. Photo: Bloomberg

Bitcoin is starting to behave like a grown-up market

2 min read . 13 Feb 2017

If the RBI turns a blind eye to Goldman’s latest manoeuvre, investors can expect a flood of such issues. Photo: Aniruddha Chowdhury/Mint

RBI faces dilemma on masala bonds over Goldman-backed ReNew Power issue

2 min read . 09 Feb 2017

The median forecast of analysts surveyed by Bloomberg has the yield on the benchmark 10-year US Treasury at 2.75% at the end of the year, 32 basis points higher than the current 2.43%. Photo: Hemant Mishra/Mint

There could be double trouble ahead for emerging market investors

1 min read . 24 Jan 2017

Hui Ka Yan is said to have justified many acquisitions by saying they provide tangible cash flows. Photo: Getty images

Debt-laden property mogul believed to be China’s Donald Trump

2 min read . 03 Jan 2017

Whenever the dollar behaved well, emerging stocks and bonds did too. Photo: Hemant Mishra/Mint

Cheer up, emerging markets, it’s not about the US Fed, but dollar holds the key

2 min read . 15 Dec 2016

A file photo. Investors in Singapore investors are finally reading before signing on the dotted line. Reuters

Tata group company finds out that Singapore bondholders no pushovers

1 min read . 11 Nov 2016

With the increased uncertainty about the US presidential election, some of the biggest funds have been boosting their cash holdings. Photo: AFP

A Donald Trump election victory wouldn’t hurt emerging markets for long

1 min read . 09 Nov 2016

The pound tumbled with the euro and UK equity index futures after early results from Britain’s referendum on membership of the EU put the ‘Leave’ campaign ahead. Photo: Bloomberg

Seeking shelter from the Brexit storm? China’s the place

1 min read . 24 Jun 2016

A tilted playing field means greater uncertainty, higher risk and ultimately a more expensive cost of capital. The insiders get the benefits, while the market and economy as a whole pay the price. Photo: Bloomberg

Want a hot tip from China? Inside information works

2 min read . 09 Jun 2016

As for the bond universe, investors are about to be reminded of how painful low oil prices can be. Photo: Bloomberg

Emerging markets still stuck on oil

2 min read . 19 Apr 2016

China’s bad loans have grown 256% in six years even as their ratio to total lending dropped. Photo: Bloomberg

China’s $600 billion subprime crisis is already here

2 min read . 17 Feb 2016

The Chinese yuan’s 5.5% drop in the past 12 months was one of the drivers of outflows from the world’s second biggest economy. Photo: Bloomberg

Emerging markets lost $735 billion in 2015, more to go: IIF

2 min read . 20 Jan 2016

The improving financial health among smaller enterprises is a boon for banks grappling with stressed assets that have soared to 11.1% of advances and are rising faster than the pace of lending. Photo: AFP

India’s two-speed economy seen in debt upgrades at smaller firms

2 min read . 14 Dec 2015

India’s central bank in September allowed companies to sell local bonds overseas to help wean them off foreign currency debt and provide financing for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s $1 trillion wish-list of infrastructure projects. Ramesh Pathania/Mint

Rupees taste better than dollars for debut masala bond sellers

3 min read . 13 Nov 2015

A file photo of RBI governor Raghuram Rajan. Photo: HT

Raghuram Rajan’s tough love for state banks fails to sway investors

3 min read . 09 Oct 2015

The slowdown in lending has pushed the credit-to-deposits ratio to the lowest in two years, meaning financial institutions have less need to raise funds by selling bonds. Photo: Bloomberg

Indian banks outperform in Asia as bond supply dwindles

3 min read . 18 Sep 2015

Issuance of commercial paper of a tenor of 30 days to one year has boomed in the 12 months through May, jumping 64% to Rs3 trillion. Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint

30-day fixes sought by Indian borrowers as loan growth slows

3 min read . 07 Aug 2015

Modi plans to spend `70,000 crore more on roads, ports and airports this fiscal year. Photo: Indranil Bhoumik/Mint

Modi beating Indonesia’s Joko Widodo in fulfilling infrastructure promises

3 min read . 24 Jul 2015

Restructured loans at state-run lenders are souring at a record pace, after regulators ruled banks must categorize any lending they reorganize as bad. Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint

Bank default risk jumps as bad loans cool Modi euphoria

2 min read . 12 Jun 2015

While the rupee has advanced 1.1% against the dollar this year amid mounting bets for more economic strength, the government has sought to cut risks for borrowers in foreign currencies after the unit dropped 2% in 2014. Photo: Mint

India to pitch global rupee bond sales with world-beating growth

3 min read . 20 Apr 2015

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