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Burford Capital, the litigation funder, is under pressure over how it accounts for an obscure type of asset and how it finances its business using debt. In many respects it is a unique case, but it is a debacle fuelled by quantitative easing. With more of that on the way, pushing investors into ever more esoteric asset classes in the quest for yield, there will be plenty more businesses under scrutiny. -
Volatility has hurt secondary spreads and primary deal flow in the Asian bond market but really it is no bad thing. A quiet month is just what the market needs after an overwhelming amount of supply so far this year.
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Excellence Commercial Properties Co made a quick outing to the dollar bond market on Friday, raising $150m in its second offshore debt sale of the year.
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Swissport, the world’s largest provider of cargo and airport ground services,has increased the loan portion of its debt raise at the expense of bonds amid a volatile August market.
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Burford Capital’s debt and equity securities rebounded on Thursday, after the firm rebutted claims from short seller Muddy Waters Research that it was "arguably insolvent". The episode brought some rare excitement to the sterling retail bond market, but is perhaps emblematic of its decline over the past few years. Meanwhile, investors appeared undecided over whether Muddy Waters’ claims about the litigation funder were correct.
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Changde Economic Construction Investment Group Co, a local government financing vehicle in China’s Hunan province, priced its debut international bond on the back of strong anchor support, in a week where both issuers and investors treaded carefully.
