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Bond Market Insights - Thurs, 26 Jan 2023
Happy Australia Day! Australia and India joined China and Taiwan on holiday today, which kept volumes low. There was still better buying...
Jan 26, 20232 min read
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Bond Market Insights - Wed, 25 Jan 2023
China, HK and Taiwan are still closed for the Lunar New Year celebrations, so volumes were muted. Spreads on Asia credit were unchanged...
Jan 25, 20232 min read
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Bond Market Insights - Fri, 20 Jan 2023
Asia investment grade Credit was in demand yesterday ahead of CNY. Real money was buying subordinated debt; AT1, T2, perpetuals. IG SOE...
Jan 20, 20232 min read
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Bond Market Insights - Thu, 19 Jan 2023
Asia credit opened today’s session a couple bps wider in general, but 2-way will probably help it pull back, given the current level of...
Jan 19, 20232 min read
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Bond Market Insights - Wed, 18 Jan 2023
In Europe yesterday a Bloomberg ECB source article claimed that the case for switching to 25bp, following 50bp in February was gaining...
Jan 18, 20232 min read
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Bond Market Insights - Tues, 17 Jan 2023
Asian bonds continue to creep better with China data being better than market consensus despite the slowdown in growth rates: Dec retail...
Jan 17, 20232 min read
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Bond Market Insights - Sat, 07 Jan 2023
US MARKETS - The first week of 2023 ended with an explosive rally in US rates after the December jobs report showed wage growth slowed,...
Jan 7, 20232 min read
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Bond Market Insights - Fri, 06 Dec 2022
China IG tightened another 2-5bps. More new issues came to the Asian market, but it was the wrong type, no supply coming from China...
Jan 6, 20232 min read
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Bond Market Insights - Wed, 04 Jan 2022
Global primary markets have come alive as shops open for the New Year. Nineteen borrowers stepped forward in the US high-grade primary...
Jan 4, 20232 min read
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Bond Market Insights - Mon, 19 Dec 2022
China IG was dominated by buyers on Friday, but some real money accounts are trimming risk with some bonds trading at historic tights....
Dec 19, 20222 min read
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Bond Market Insights - Thurs, 01 Dec 2022
It was all eyes on the US on Wednesday as markets waited for Powell, who struck a more dovish tone than the market expected. It seems...
Dec 1, 20222 min read
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Bond Market Insights - Wed, 30 Nov 2022
Asia IG was strong on Tuesday, spreads 5-10bps tighter. In the morning, Real money was extending duration in China SOE’s, putting the...
Nov 30, 20222 min read
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