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

Wishing You A Long, Long Life : A Bond and CPF Perspective

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I had the idea of the reverse mortgage over a decade ago. It is similar to the Sale and Leaseback scheme of the government’s that takes over properties and leases it back to… 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

Pink Slime and Defaults Are Back

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2 years ago when I first started writing to a much smaller audience, pink slime was in vogue which stirred my interest and I incorporated it into one of my earliest pieces, Credit… Continue reading

Bonds In Conversation : To Blame and To Carry On

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Chirpy Friday opening after a massive rally this week for credits to bounce right back as German 10Y bunds rally under 1% in yield which should go into textbooks as prices hit 150… Continue reading

Ad Hoc Commentary – the Ebola Black Death

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One of the things that yours truly done in his life was to study molecular engineering. For many years, yours truly wondered what to do with all those microbiology knowledge – yours truly… Continue reading

Equity Thursday : The Business of Stock Picking Now & Not the Past

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My good friend Zico has been in the equity portfolio management business for over 30 years but his zest is certainly not lost. I would define him as a forward thinker and a… Continue reading