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ING, for instance, wants to sell local debt instruments, like Brazilian treasury bills, to foreign investors.
ECONOMIST: Investment banking
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Under new rules for sovereign bonds called OFZ and other local debt instruments, foreigners can tap in directly through the Euroclear service, bypassing the current need to have a Russian broker on the ground somewhere in Moscow or St.
FORBES: Russia's Bond Market Grows Up
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For example, South Africa's Standard Bank, which operates in 18 African countries, packages local government bonds into instruments it sells to foreign investors.
ECONOMIST: African financial markets