The year in cartoons

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The year in cartoons

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An ISDA panel repeatedly refused to rule whether Noble Group’s loan extension should trigger CDS payouts
China Huishan Dairy’s shares collapsed after reports of financial irregularities
Chinese insurtech unicorn ZhongAn Online P&C Insurance found investors keen to take a punt on its Hong Kong IPO
Hong Kong went live with the Bond Connect trading link during a sensitive state visit
North Korea’s nuclear and missile tests forced South Korean issuers to rethink their approach to the capital markets
Moody’s won new fans in India with its decision to raise the country’s rating to Baa2
Healthtech companies including WeDoctor and Ping An Good Doctor made plans to list in Hong Kong
China lashed out at S&P after the agency lowered its sovereign rating
Indian film producer Eros International failed to win over critics for a debut high-yield bond
Equity underwriters built a huge pipeline of financial technology IPOs
Australian bankers played down warnings of a housing crisis
India’s wave of insurance listings failed to deliver the first-day pops investors had expected