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  • Ukraine’s GDP warrants are trading around a cash price of 85. That is way below JP Morgan's view that fair value is closer to 135. No matter the new, surprisingly positive GDP growth forecasts and enthusiasm for the country’s new leadership, from the trading numbers it seems clear that investors do not believe they will get their money from Ukraine.
  • Populism and economic change are melting down old idols. When the next crisis comes, new fiscal and monetary tools will be used — including helicopter money.
  • The state of Israel returned to the yen market for the first time in 18 years this week to raise ¥15bn ($140m) of seven year debt. The private placement marks the state’s third visit to the capital markets in 2019 and its first non-euro trade of the year.
  • Fitch downgraded its credit outlook of deeply-troubled South Africa on Friday, but loan bankers, both in and outside the country, are confident that a lack of primary EM supply and an established banking sector will keep margins tight and lenders attracted. At least for now.
  • GEMS Education came to the market on Tuesday with a pair of seven year senior secured bonds. The issues form part of a larger debt package being raised to support private equity firm CVC Capital Partners purchase a minority stake in the Dubai-headquartered education provider.
  • Sino-Ocean Group Holding, a Chinese investment company that focuses on the property market, took advantage of the positive backdrop on Monday to seal a $600m bond.