Years in the bond markets: 17
Specialist subjects: Sovereign debt, emerging markets
Likes: Africa travel, cycling
Heroes: Arthur Lewis, Joseph Stiglitz, Peter Sagan
Emerging market bonds in the time of coronavirus
Emerging markets have recently seen other impacts than the tragic ones of COVID-19 outbreaks on their societies and economies, with spreads widening considerably. Three factors have been at play. First, was a rapid sell-off in global stock markets that followed the realisation that the global economy is heading for a recession. Second, investors shifted to intense risk aversion and the demand …
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Can Africa’s wall of eurobond repayments be dismantled?
There has been a wave of African eurobond issuance over the past decade. South Africa started the eurobond trend for the continent in 1995, but it has only been since the global financial crisis that push and pull factors have encouraged broader African issuance.
The asset class has grown to 21 African countries with outstanding sovereign eurobonds, totalling $115 billion. This follows a …
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