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  • US economic growth is likely to disappoint market expectations this year -– a game-changer for consensus allocation strategies – if the little-known Chicago Fed's National Activity Index is anything to by. This risk is further underscored by the surprise fall in US manufacturing in May, according to Monday’s ISM report.
  • The rapid growth of intra-regional trade in Asia is encouraging local banks to enter into an alliance to facilitate the cross-border activities of under-banked Asian medium-sized companies, writes Enrico Camerinelli of Aite Group, a financial services research firm.
  • I am sure Jamie Dimon considers the hoo-ha about splitting the chief executive and chairman roles at JPMorgan to be an over-reaction.
  • Banks and businesses are being forced to transform how they report liquidity – regulators want them to understand their balances on an intraday basis instead of using end-of-day forecasts. This requires fundamental change but the insight it provides will enable banks to increase controls, decrease operational risk, reduce buffer requirements and offer better services.
  • The IMF’s ambitious plan to flesh out new sovereign debt restructuring plans is laudable, but it faces strong opposition from EU policymakers, adding more uncertainty to the asset class, as fears grow of official sector restructuring in Greece.
  • The popularity of some seemingly high-risk frontier bond issues suggests investors are driven by the need to fill index allocations rather than issuer quality. It also suggests the traditional market-capitalization approach of indices needs reconsideration.
  • The famed hedge fund short-seller Carson Block's bet against Standard Chartered - citing deteriorating loan quality evidenced by a $1 billion loan to the chairman of Bumi - significantly overstates the risks on the emerging market-focused bank’s balance sheet.
  • In his last public appearance as the head of investment banking at Barclays, Rich Ricci thanked clients who have stuck by the bank in the aftermath of the Libor scandal by inviting them to a performance of the wonderful Conor McPherson play, The Weir, at the Donmar Warehouse in London’s Covent Garden.
  • Worrying news from the world of academia: a professor at Warwick Business School has found that some investors refer to stocks 'almost as if they were lovers'.
  • "Investors are puking all over that deal"
  • Dominique Strauss-Kahn, or DSK as he likes to style himself, has made an unusual comeback to the economic scene. After a two-year hiatus following charges of sexual assault in a swanky New York hotel room, Strauss-Kahn has decided to take things back to basics. In South Sudan.
  • The Bank of Japan’s bond-buying plan is bedevilled by contradictions: it seeks to promote financial stability but has triggered inevitable bouts of market volatility. What’s more, the central bank wants low yields and greater inflation expectations. A new communications policy is needed, analysts say.