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DCM bankers in Asia are gearing up for a hectic April as investors put the US interest rate hike behind them. But how will borrowers, particularly those that are lower rated, navigate the many fundraising challenges ahead? Addison Gong finds out. -
Asia’s dollar bond issuers were back in the market on Thursday after taking a pause during the US Federal Open Market Committee meeting this week.
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US retail funds have been pouring cash into the floating rate leveraged loan market in the last month, ahead of Wednesday’s 25bp rate hike by the Federal Open Market Committee.
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2018 has proven a difficult year for the IG corporate bond market so far. Instead of the smooth waters of 2017, conditions have been more choppy and issuers and their syndicates have had to navigate a more careful path to market and often paying more to insulate investors from secondary market volatility. However, there are likely to be more difficult conditions ahead with fewer support mechanisms available.
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Commodities trader Noble Group decided not to repay a $379m bond that matured this week, triggering an event of default. But the latest development got little reaction from the market, as the company has long been in the process of restructuring almost $3.4bn of debt.
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Despite a string of credit issues at troubled US retailers, the sector has provided leveraged loan investors with the strongest gains in the year so far, said JP Morgan on Tuesday, while the CMBX index targeted by mall bears as the next Big Short has barely budged.
