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Could Turkey face a sovereign downgrade?
One of the three main ratings agencies already gives Turkey’s credit ‘junk’ status. A brief glance at the current economic situation there suggests further downgrades may be in the offing, but it is more likely geopolitical factors will play a larger role in influencing any future downgrades.
25 Feb 2016
External Macro Challenges to Africa: An interview with Konrad Reuss
Konrad Reuss, Managing Director, Standard & Poor's Ratings Services discusses the external macro challenges that Africa faced in 2015 and the challenges this will present to borrowers and issuers in 2016.
24 Feb 2016
Malaysia’s Prasarana launches MYR3bn sukuk
The Malaysian national transportation company has issued a hugely popular sukuk. Despite being affected by the commodity slump, demand for government linked sukuk is high due to the popularity of sukuk in the region combined with the stability of the company.
24 Feb 2016
Peru prices €1bn Eurobond, second issuance in 4 months
The Peruvian government has priced another euro denominated bond shortly after a similar issuance last year. The move follows issuances from Chile and Mexico, whose bonds are performing better than their dollar denominated counterparts for the issuers.
24 Feb 2016
South Africa on the cusp of a critical budget
The South African budget will be revealed by Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan. In it, many hope there will be measures outlining how the country will overcome a combination of threats if it is to avoid being downgraded to ‘junk’ by the main ratings agencies.
24 Feb 2016
Indonesia Merdeka Copper Gold taps the loan market for US$130mn
Indonesia’s Merdeka received a loan to fund developing mining projects. The move comes amidst concerns over the health of commodity dependent countries.
24 Feb 2016
Vaquero: Brazil finally on the right side of pricing
Petrobras is now selling fuel domestically at a premium, but has a lot of catching up to do explains Wilbur Matthews, CIO of Vaquero Global Investments.
24 Feb 2016
Argentina makes new strides towards international capital markets
Argentina’s return to the international capital markets is looking increasingly likely. It has made good progress with the majority of its holdout creditors and now has a court ruling in its favour to issue debt. But even if the country does return, memories of the saga may make foreign investors unwilling to buy up the country’s debt.
23 Feb 2016
Vallianz issues sukuk through Rawabi Holdings
Tight liquidity in the Middle East has caused yields to rise on some debt, making yields unfavourable for issuers. RVOS’s debut sukuk has proved to be a success in part as a result of a renewed outlook on oil markets.
23 Feb 2016
Fed tightening doing more harm than good?
The current economic climate will continue to negatively affect many emerging markets. The US rate rise has added to the worsening outlook, and with possible further rate rises ahead emerging market economies could be put under increasingly heavy pressure.
23 Feb 2016