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The past year has seen the rupiah plunge against the US dollar, which means Indonesian corporates face rising costs when it comes to repaying their foreign currency debt. A more sustainable option would be to sell domestic bonds, but the rupiah bond market will need some sprucing up to convince Indonesian issuers to come back home. -
The European Financial Stability Facility may not have to print oversubscribed benchmarks just to show that the eurozone isn’t falling apart any more, but it still has to step up on occasion.
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It is a stock phrase among bankers that no single deal can reopen the Russian loan market. One or two swallows would not make a summer. But Uralkali’s return with a transaction this week must raise the hopes of the country’s other borrowers.
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Financial markets had a good laugh when the ECB press conference was interrupted by protester Josephine Witt dumping confetti on Mario Draghi. This turned to puzzlement when she released what appeared to be a poem, describing herself as a butterfly. But she has a point.
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The European Financial Stability Facility may not have to print oversubscribed benchmarks just to show that the eurozone isn’t falling apart any more, but it still has to step up on occasion.
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Kaisa Group Holdings became the first Chinese property company to default on its offshore debt when it announced on Monday that it had failed to pay $51.6m of coupons on two of its outstanding dollar bonds. The news barely made an impact on secondary prices, as the default had been well flagged, but markets should not relax yet. Kaisa may not be an isolated case.
