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Country Garden avoids default again in relief for China property sector Straits Times

Country Garden avoids default again in relief for China property sector

Country Garden pulled from the brink of default for the second time in four days.

Siobhan HodsonArticle published date: September 5, 2023

Country Garden wins bond extension in relief for China’s property sector CNBC

Country Garden wins bond extension in relief for China’s property sector

Country Garden's creditors approved a plan to extend the maturity on a $540 million onshore…

Siobhan HodsonArticle published date: September 4, 2023

Regional banks ready a wave of bond issuance Bloomberg

Regional banks ready a wave of bond issuance

Regional banks are poised to return to the debt markets in the biggest wave since…

Siobhan HodsonArticle published date: September 2, 2023

Vedanta mulls refinancing plan IFR

Vedanta mulls refinancing plan

Vedanta Resources' U.S. dollar bonds fell last week on concerns over a potential restructuring.

Siobhan HodsonArticle published date: September 1, 2023

Property fears spook HK bonds IFR

Property fears spook HK bonds

Fears around the China property sector are spilling into Hong Kong.

Siobhan HodsonArticle published date: September 1, 2023

SBB’s bondholders suffer another confidence drop Bloomberg

SBB’s bondholders suffer another confidence drop

The Swedish property firm needs a combination of asset sales and sympathy from its bank…

Siobhan HodsonArticle published date: August 31, 2023

Analyst: Patient Hawaiian Electric bondholders may preserve principal Bond Buyer

Analyst: Patient Hawaiian Electric bondholders may preserve principal

Securities issued by Hawaiian Electric - including tax-exempt revenue bonds guaranteed by the company -…

Siobhan HodsonArticle published date: August 29, 2023

Bumpy ride for billionaire brothers who banked on Asda’s success the Guardian

Bumpy ride for billionaire brothers who banked on Asda’s success

Blackburn's Moshin and Zuber Issa took over the supermarket promising investment to make it the…

Siobhan HodsonArticle published date: August 26, 2023

Hawaii’s fire alarm for the normally safest of stocks Bloomberg

Hawaii’s fire alarm for the normally safest of stocks

Climate change is upending traditionally dependable regulated utilities.

Siobhan HodsonArticle published date: August 24, 2023

Treasury 10-year real yield tops 2% for the first time since 2009 BNN Bloomberg

Treasury 10-year real yield tops 2% for the first time since 2009

The U.S. bond market selloff resumed Monday, driving 10-year yields to a 16-year high.

Siobhan HodsonArticle published date: August 21, 2023

SMC can weather risks related to soaring capex, says Fitch unit Inquirer.net

SMC can weather risks related to soaring capex, says Fitch unit

CreditSights maintained its stable debt outlook for billionaire Ramon Ang-led SMC despite the conglomerate's soaring…

Siobhan HodsonArticle published date: August 21, 2023

Top-tier PH banks still favored by CreditSights Manila Times

Top-tier PH banks still favored by CreditSights

Bigger banks in the country are still expected to perform better than their smaller counterparts…

Siobhan HodsonArticle published date: August 19, 2023

Turmoil at Zhongzhi sparks alarm over China’s $3tn shadow finance sector Financial Times

Turmoil at Zhongzhi sparks alarm over China’s $3tn shadow finance sector

Finance giant’s missed payments to investors fuel concerns of spillover effect from property slowdown.

Siobhan HodsonArticle published date: August 17, 2023

Rising rates are hurting highly leveraged borrowers, CreditSights says Bloomberg

Rising rates are hurting highly leveraged borrowers, CreditSights says

Rising interest rates are squeezing issuers of junk debt, signaling economic strain, according to Winnie…

Siobhan HodsonArticle published date: August 17, 2023

Apollo, Goldman deals thaw preferred shares’ post-SVB freeze Bloomberg Law

Apollo, Goldman deals thaw preferred shares’ post-SVB freeze

The market for new preferred shares in the U.S. is reopening after a near half-year…

Siobhan HodsonArticle published date: August 16, 2023

Why the Fed could eventually cut interest rates again Marketplace

Why the Fed could eventually cut interest rates again

What kind of conditions would warrant a rate cut instead of a rate hike?

Siobhan HodsonArticle published date: August 15, 2023

Goldman, BofA tap high-grade bond market before summer lull Bloomberg

Goldman, BofA tap high-grade bond market before summer lull

Bank of America, Goldman Sachs and regional lender Huntington Bancshares Inc. brought fresh debt offerings…

Siobhan HodsonArticle published date: August 14, 2023

Biggest Treasury ETF sees largest exodus since 2020 meltdown Bloomberg

Biggest Treasury ETF sees largest exodus since 2020 meltdown

Investors are bailing out of the biggest exchange-traded fund devoted to Treasuries at the fastest…

Siobhan HodsonArticle published date: August 14, 2023

Assessing the health of China’s banking industry Bloomberg

Assessing the health of China’s banking industry

Pramod Shenoi, head of Asia Pacific financials research at CreditSights, discusses the state of China's…

Siobhan HodsonArticle published date: August 14, 2023

In search for Hawaii fires cause, lawyers probe power lines Bloomberg

In search for Hawaii fires cause, lawyers probe power lines

While the cause of the deadly Maui fires remains under investigation, lawyers are sending experts…

Siobhan HodsonArticle published date: August 12, 2023