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The recent US Treasury volatility has hit emerging market bonds hard, but worse in dollars than in euros. Should CEEMEA borrowers therefore turn now to the euro market? The time for that push is not here yet, but it could come soon.
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Shuanghui International’s $4bn loan to support its acquisition of Smithfield Foods is getting plenty of heat from bankers in Asia, who dislike the deal’s structure. Their concerns are legitimate, but it is time they stopped complaining and prepared to step out of their comfort zones.
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A week after a Portuguese political crisis is not the most obvious time for Spain to sell a 15 year syndicated bond issue, especially when it has not done a syndication for months. But that is what it has done, and rightly so. To delay the deal would have been tempting fate.
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For too long now issuers have taken investors for granted. But ever since Fed chairman Ben Bernanke warned that he might turn off the printing presses, there’s been a marked shift in the balance of power between buyers and sellers. Even the normally bomb-proof covered bond market is beginning to feel the effects.
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European high yield is notoriously fickle. Investors pile in when things are expected to get better — then run for the hills to hide out for a while at the first sign of trouble. It's still a volatile market, and always will be — but the last six weeks suggest a greater resilience than in previous sell-offs.
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Transparency will be the key to luring investors into Basel III-compliant Indian bank debt. Now that the buyside is on heightened alert, sweeping risky components under the carpet will only backfire on issuers.