by bondevalue | Oct 27, 2017 | Financial News, HomePage, Sovereign Bonds
China issued its first sovereign U.S. dollar bonds since October 2004 following a twice-a-decade Communist Party Congress in Beijing earlier in the week where Chinese leaders outlined their global ambitions for the country. The 2-tranche transaction attracted US$22...
by bondevalue | Oct 26, 2017 | European Central Bank, Financial News, HomePage, Macroeconomic news, Sovereign Bonds
All eyes are on the European Central Bank as members meet later today, in what could be the most eventful meeting of the central bank this year. President Mario Draghi has fuelled expectations for a big tapering plan: likely that purchases will continue until...
by bondevalue | Oct 16, 2017 | Financial News, HomePage, Sovereign Bonds
As a result of investors seeking higher yields, sub-investment grade bonds from emerging market sovereigns such as Nigeria have enjoyed stellar performance this year. The Wall Street Journal reports that BoA Merrill Lynch’s ‘BB’ rated and lower...
by bondevalue | Sep 26, 2017 | Credit Ratings, Financial News, HomePage, Sovereign Bonds, Sovereigns
Following Standard & Poors’ downgrade of China’s long-term sovereign credit ratings to ‘A+’ from ‘AA-‘ and the short-term rating to ‘A-1’ from ‘A-1+’, both with a ‘stable’ outlook, the Chinese...
by bondevalue | Sep 20, 2017 | Credit Ratings, Financial News, HomePage, Sovereign Bonds, Sovereigns
Recent credit rating upgrades for Ireland and Portugal represent a hint of optimism for the so-called ‘peripheral’ economies of the EU. At the end of markets close on Friday, Portugal saw its S&P credit rating increase to BBB- from BB+. This puts the country’s...
by bondevalue | Sep 20, 2017 | Financial News, HomePage, Sovereign Bonds
China plans to sell $2 billion in US dollar denominated bonds later this month, its first US dollar issue in almost 13 years. The country has about $200 million US dollar denominated debt outstanding with bonds maturing in 2027 and 2096 yielding 3.1% and 4.1%...
