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The EMEA CDS determinations committee will rule on whether German heat exchanger manufacturer Galapagos defaulted on its bonds by missing coupons on June 15. The committee will meet on Friday to decide whether a “failure to pay” event has occurred. -
While the latest move from the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), restricting the use of the proceeds in offshore bonds by Chinese real estate companies failed to startle Asia’s bond market, a heavy supply of aggressively-priced deals is weighing on sentiment, writes Addison Gong.
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Ilfryn Carstairs, global chief investment officer at alternative investor Värde Partners, will become co-CEO from next year, while keeping his co-CIO title.
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China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has tightened regulations on property companies selling bonds in the overseas market. Those with free market instincts ─ including this paper ─ would typically balk at such heavy-handedness. But a tough stance is exactly what the market needs to become sustainable in the long-run.
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Ithaca Energy, a UK-based oil and gas operator, revised its bond terms to placate investors this week — marking a rare victory for the buy-side in a market that has offered ever weaker protection. Buyers for the bonds had been prepared to swallow Ithaca's original proposals, but demanded a double digit yield to do so, forcing the borrower to back down to hit its target price. Karoliina Liimatainen reports.
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Left lead Barclays dropped the floating rate sterling tranche from the high yield bonds for Domestic & General’s fundraising to refinance old debt and pay a dividend to its old owners, replacing it with a smaller euro floater and a large fixed-rate issue.
