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Investors have lots of cash and are eager for new issuance
Investors are keen for new bonds and better rated borrowers may not want to issue in numbers
2026's lead in issuance over 2025 has shrunk since the US-Iran war broke out
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Former Colombian president and one time market darling Álvaro Uribe’s cherry-picked candidate won the first round of the presidential election on Sunday, giving investors some relief amid tough markets. -
Colombia’s inter-parliamentary Public Credit Commission on Tuesday approved a sovereign guarantee to Empresa Metro de Bogotá, the company managing the proposed construction of the city’s first subway line, opening the possibility of a bond issue.
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Singapore Exchange suffered an unfavourable twist in its Indian futures saga this week, when the Bombay High Court granted an injunction on new derivatives contracts that it had planned to launch next week. But one exchange’s misfortune might be a large asset manager’s opportunity.
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The recovery of Turkish asset prices this week is less the result of prudent monetary policy — though that certainly helped — and more a lesson in the benefits of the personal touch and that markets are, ultimately, populated by humans.
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The Swiss franc bond market showed this week that it is well insulated from the turmoil affecting the euro market as South Korea’s Hyundai Capital raised Sfr300m from a tightly priced five year bond. With cross-currency basis swaps coming down, and low new issue premiums, Zurich-based bankers are keen to showcase the pricing competitiveness as well as the stability of their market.
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Turkish dollar bonds outperformed in a heavy market this week after the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (CBRT) moved to simplify rates in order to protect the lira. The recovery of the lira to below TL4.5 to the dollar has been taken by the market to indicate that last week’s rate hike was a success.
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