Category Archive: Rates/Bonds

International Focus : Australia and China

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Continued rumblings in the China growth story as FDI falls 17% and borrowings continue to soar with Beijing becoming the 8th region to issue their own local government bonds for CNY 10.5 billion… Continue reading

Bonds In Conversation : The New Hawk Is A Meek Goose

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The US market saw the lowest weekly high yield issuance volume since Aug 2011 even as demand resurfaces with a $ 680 mio inflow last week which followed a record breaking $ 7.1… Continue reading

SGD New Issue Review : Pacific Radiance 4Y 4.5%

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NEW ISSUE: PACIFIC RADIANCE LTD. SGD 4YR ISSUE Issuer: Pacific Radiance Ltd. Status: Direct, unconditional, unsubordinated and  unsecured Notes Rating: Unrated Format:  Reg S, S274 & 275 of Singapore SFA Tenure: 4 Years… Continue reading

Equity Thursday : Bad Vibes For Reits

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The FTSE Straits Times Real Estate Investment Trust Index is  up 7.2 % on the year and 179% higher than its low back in Mar 2009. 10Y Chart of SREITS and their dividends… Continue reading

SGD New Issue Review : Capitaland 10Y 4%

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Dear Capitaland, whom we have not seen since 2012. CAPITALAND 10Y SGD NEW 10Y SGD ANNOUNCED INITIAL PRICE GUIDANCE: 4% AREA SIZE: SGD BENCHMARK AS EARLY AS TODAY’S BUSINESS A surely must have… Continue reading

Market Thoughts – How About Secular Complacency ?

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The noisy minority continues to bleat … “secular stagnation”, “complacency”, crash, crash, crash is coming. “secular stagnation” was brought up by Larry Summers in December last year and I have been quite a… Continue reading

SGD New Issue Review : ASCENDAS INDIA TRUST 5YR 4%

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ASCENDAS INDIA TRUST  5YR SGD NEW ASCENDAS INDIA TRUST SGD 5YR ANNOUNCED FOLLOWING PRICE GUIDANCE: 4% AREA COMPS Security AITSP  3.50% 2016    2.85%   101.35 AREIT  2.50% 2019    2.47%   100.125 AREIT  4.00% 2022    3.33%  … Continue reading

SGD New Issue Review : Nam Cheong 5Y low 5%

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NAM CHEONG: SGD 5 YR ISSUE – New Nam Cheong SGD 5yr announced. Deal is strongly anchored. – Initial price guidance: low 5s Comps: Nam Cheong 5% 08/2017 100.95/102.05 4.66/4.27% Nam Cheong 6%… Continue reading

SGD New Issue Review : Kris Energy 4 Year 6%

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KRISENERGY 4YR SGD NEW 4 YEAR KRISENERGY SGD BENCHMARK ANNOUNCED PRICE GUIDANCE: 6% AREA MINIMUM CASH COVENANT INCREASED TO USD20MM – COVERS MORE THAN ONE YEAR OF DEBT SERVICE OF NEW SGD NOTES… Continue reading

International Bonds Weekly : Australia and China

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Top tiered Chinese banks will hit the domestic bond market for US 21 bio in Basel 3 compliant sub debt as loan growth slowed dramatically. Most analysts are unwilling to relinquish their risk… Continue reading