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National Grid, NatWest and Roche lead a broad mix of issuers this week
On and off conflict has failed to deter money from flowing into EM bond funds
Renamed company's $4.2bn murabaha facility has lifted Saudi banks
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Bonds from two of the most important issuers in Latin America sank this week as they neared fallen angel status, but some investors said that there was a danger of overshooting.
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Ricardo Martínez, Ecuador’s finance minister, insisted a bond the sovereign issued on Monday was necessary, despite credit analysts saying the country cannot sustain issuing at high rates.
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Pacific Gas & Electric has gone bankrupt with $52bn of debt, blaming forest fires that seared California during 2018. Vale, with $11bn, has been downgraded to the bottom edge of investment grade after its horrific dam burst last Friday.
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The hopes of emerging markets participants proved well founded on Wednesday when US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell pulled back from the aggressive trajectory of rate hikes previously promised.
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Russian state-owned oil and gas giant Gazprom announced the mandate for a new dollar benchmark bond on Thursday, just days after a well-flagged move by the US Treasury to lift sanctions on Rusal and EN+. Market participants hailed the move as providing a more “constructive” and “encouraging” environment for Russian bonds.
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The Middle East and North Africa region will provide a large chunk of emerging market bond supply in 2019, investors said this week. The region provides excellent value, in spite of fluctuations in the oil price.
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