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Demand for bonds tipped to swell as European credits are trading wide in dollars

Domino's Pizza's China operator plans expansion in the mainland

Carsten Stoehr has been with the Swiss bank for over 25 years

France's fifth biggest food industry group enters German private placement market with €90m note

Debt markets have come to accept political instability in the country

‘Tactical’ niche currency deals to supplement increased benchmark funding

Trio of policy decisions could heavily influence important January issuance window

After a calamitous year in EM bonds, market participants are wary of predicting how the next 12 months could play out. Few foresaw the war in Ukraine — and even fewer the Covid pandemic, which influenced volumes for the two previous years. But there is some hope of normalisation in 2023, as GlobalCapital’s poll of bankers and investors shows. By Francesca Young.

After a year of war, rate rises, inflation and political pressures on the CEEMEA region, fixed income markets have been badly shaken. Citi and JP Morgan’s vice-like grip on the top of the primary market league tables remains, though others have been forced to question their commitment to the emerging market bond markets. Francesca Young reports.

Outflows from EM bond funds are not far off the $100bn mark in 2022, writes George Collard.

GlobalCapital’s survey of 13 Latin America DCM heads points to a recovery of sorts for the region’s bond market after its worst year since 2008. Corporate issuance is the biggest unknown, but the market’s fate appears to lie in the hands of the Fed. By Oliver West.

Cheaper covered deals to make way for pricier regulatory paper