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Sovereign debt managers are faced with a dilemma: on one hand they place great importance on transparency and predictability when approaching the market; but on the other, vast borrowing requirements are tempting them to look at innovative or alternative issuance techniques. Philip Moore looks at how sovereigns are striking the balance.
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Government bond supply is there for all to see, and fortunately so too is investor demand. But the reasons behind that supply are not quite so straightforward. Philip Moore investigates.
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Sovereigns’ use of swaps has risen in tandem with their vast new funding requirements, despite concerns over counterparty risk and short-term rate exposure thrown up by the banking crisis. Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker looks at how issuers are using interest rate and cross-currency swaps — and why they’re not.
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Central and eastern European sovereigns have bounced back from the setbacks of the last year. Individual countries now want to be judged on their own merits, not simply in regional terms. Many are planning extensive forays into the debt markets in 2010 and some are already ahead of the game through pre-funding.
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Brazil is surfing a wave of international cheer. In July, it re-opened the long-end of the global bond market for emerging market issuers with a trail-blazing issue. In October it sold a $1.25bn 2041 bond with the lowest yield in its long-dated debt portfolio. It’s like the credit crunch never happened. Sid Verma reports.
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Chile is in a league of its own as it snubs local and global markets and raids its reserves. Sid Verma reports