by bondevalue | Jun 6, 2019 | Asian Dollar Bonds
The month of May was characterized by heightened trade tensions between US and China, as both superpowers failed to arrive at an agreement during trade talks held in Washington. The escalation in geopolitical risk spooked global markets as investors took flight to...
by bondevalue | May 10, 2019 | Asian Dollar Bonds
April was a month of cooling off for the Asian bond market after a strong first quarter characterized by dovish Fed commentary, booming bond prices and falling credit spreads. Mark-to-market gains (ex-coupon) for USD denominated bonds in the BEV universe stood at $4.7...
by bondevalue | May 6, 2019 | Asian Dollar Bonds
India Inc’s overseas dollar bond issuances have already surpassed last year’s total of $6.3 billion in just the first 4 months of 2019 with $9.9 billion raised by companies from a range of industries such as State Bank of India ($1.25 billion), Shriram Transport...
by bondevalue | Apr 5, 2019 | Asian Dollar Bonds
Chinese internet giant Tencent Holdings Ltd. priced $6 billion of bonds in Asia’s biggest sale of dollar debt in over a year, adding to the wave of borrowers fighting to lock in low interest rates. Its 5-part bond issuance – comprising of a 5-year...
by bondevalue | Mar 7, 2019 | Asian Dollar Bonds
Bond orders for primary issuance of Asian dollar bonds hit a record 6.7 times of their issuance sizes in February, the highest since January 2016. This statistic is in line with the record demand for bond sales in Asia ex-Japan of $64.5 billion since the start of...
