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Interview with Tshepiso Moahloli from the National Treasury Republic of South Africa
Interview with Tshepiso Moahloli from The National Treasury Republic of South Africa. In this interview she explains what were the key challenges she faced when issuing a debt sukuk.
11 May 2015
Chile Embracing Basel III: Capital Securities for Financial and Corporate Issuers
The adoption of Basel III in Chile has been a hot topic of discussion in the Chilean debt market. Last month, Kapil Damani, Head of Capital Products, BNP Paribas, moderated a panel at our Bonds, Loans & Derivatives Chile conference which discussed how Chile’s financial system is preparing for the adoption of Basel III with representatives from Superintendencia de Bancos e Instituciones…
11 May 2015
Video interview: Alejandro Zuluaga, Grupo Argos, discusses market challenges
At our recent Bonds, Loans & Derivatives Andes conference, we sat down with one of the speakers, Alejandro Zuluaga, Managing Director, Corporate Finance, Grupo Argos, to talk about the critical success factors behind their recent bond issuance. Alejandro also explains how Grupo Argos overcomes the challenges corporates are facing today.
9 May 2015
Case study: Emiliano Muratore discusses Santander Chile's recent bond issuance
Santander Chile recently issued a CLP50 billion bond. We speak to one of the speakers at our forthcoming Bonds, Loans & Derivatives Chile conference, Emiliano Muratore, Managing Director, Head of ALM, Banco Santander Chile, to find out why they decided to issue now and how they are overcoming challenges in the market.
24 Apr 2015
Fitch: Rating Drivers and Rating Performance of African Sovereigns
Last month 3 representatives from Fitch Ratings held a workshop at this year’s Bonds & Loans Africa conference about the rating drivers and rating performance of African Sovereigns. Richard Fox, Head, Middle East and Africa Sovereign Ratings, Carmen Altenkirch, Director, Sub-Saharan Africa, Fabrice Toka, Senior Director, Business and Relationship Management, Sub-Saharan Africa, have summarised…
16 Apr 2015
Credit Ratings in the Andean region summarised by Fitch Ratings
At our recent Bonds, Loans & Derivatives Andes conference, Carlos Fiorillo, Managing Director, Fitch Ratings, gave a presentation titled ‘Credit Ratings: Why do I need one? How do I get one? What do they mean?’ Follow the link to view his summary and gain insights into how ratings agencies view Colombia, Peru and Chile.
10 Apr 2015
Assessing the demand for international financing amongst Nigeria’s oil & gas companies
Hamda Ambah, Executive Director, Corporate and Investment Banking, FSDH Merchant Bank, recently moderated a panel titled ‘Local vs. international markets: Is there a demand for international financing amongst Nigeria’s oil & gas companies?’ at this year’s Bonds & Loans Africa conference. Joined by representatives from Citibank Nigeria, Oando and Century Group, the panel discussed the appetite for…
10 Apr 2015
Fitch Ratings: The Africa Overview
On 25th March, Richard Fox, Head, Middle East and Africa Sovereign Ratings and Carmen Altenkirch, Director, Sub-Saharan Africa, Fitch Ratings, held a panel at this year's Bonds & Loans Africa conference titled 'The Africa overview: Understanding a continent of many different languages, jurisdictions and currencies'. Below you can view the summary from their panel and gain insights into the key…
7 Apr 2015
Investor Perspectives: Sergey Dergachev, Union Investment Privatfonds
As interest rates in the US look set to rise and the ECB begin their quantitative easing programme, we ask Sergey Dergachev, Senior Portfolio Manager and Lead Manager for Union Investment Privatfonds’, for his viewpoint on how this will impact Emerging Markets fixed income. He also explains how a pick up in US growth will affect Emerging Market bonds.
1 Apr 2015
Investor Perspectives: Jack Flaherty, GAM
Are the US likely to raise rates and if so, how much and when? In this week’s edition of Investor Perspectives Jack Flaherty, Investment Director in GAM’s Fixed Income Investment team, walks us through the Central Bank’s hiking cycle and explains how this has impacted Emerging Market fixed income.
27 Mar 2015