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Historic default on $117m coupons would add to intense economic pressure on Moscow Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates What we know on day 21 Russia faced a crucial bond payment on Wednesday that could lead to the sanctions-racked country defaulting for the first time since 1998, and its first major international debt default since the Bolshevik revolution a century ago. Moscow was due to make $117m (£89.4m) interest payments, or coupons, to investors holding $2-denominated bonds. But with much of its foreign exchange reserves frozen by international sanctions, it may be unable to pay. Continue reading…

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Philippines and the United States further deepened their cooperation in developing the former’s nuclear-energy program. This,…

Bumpy trading in U.S. bonds is raising concerns about potential liquidity problems, and some strategists say the central bank may need to take steps to help the market, possibly by lifting some regulatory constraints on banks.

In brief, accoording to to Fitch Ratings’ Sovereign Rating Criteria the payment in local currency of Russia’s US dollar Eurobond coupons due on 16 March would, if it were to occur, constitute a sovereign default, on expiry of the 30-day grace period. These are the first foreign-currency so

The FOMC two-day meeting kicks off with its expected 25-point rate hike to be announced on Wednesday. Ahead of the move, ETF investors will be monitoring the bond market and related funds.

Both long-dated Treasuries and stocks are down sharply so far this year. That''s unusual in that they generally move in opposie directions.

Here Are All The Latest News And Developments From The Ukraine War: March 15 Here is a snapshot of the latest market-moving news out of Ukraine from the last few hours, courtesy of Newsquawk: Discussions/Negotiations Ukrainian President Zelensky said negotiations with Russia will continue on Tuesday. Ukrainian presidential adviser said Russia''s territorial claims are unacceptable and Ukraine is ready to continue negotiations on remaining issues, while the adviser added that a peace agreement could be signed within 1-2 weeks at the earliest and May at the latest, according to CCTV. Ukrainian President''s office confirms that the Czech, Polish and Slovenian PMs are to visit Kyiv on Tuesday. Russian Kremlin says that work is continuing between the Russian and Ukraine delegations, does not wish to predict the outcome of talks but it is a positive that talks are continuing. Energy/Economic Updates US State Department said the US added 11 members of Russia''s Defense Enterprise to the anti-Moscow sanctions list, according to Sputnik.

As default fears mount, Russian bonds are trading at prices near the low-water mark set by Argentina, which took 15 years to return to international markets.

Chinese stocks continued to plunge, under pressure on multiple fronts including renewed Covid-19 lockdowns and ongoing regulatory issues.

Any eventual bond offering from Mumbai airport could be the first from the sector since the delta coronavirus wave struck India last year

Real estate major Lodha Group, listed as Macrotech Developers, has redeemed offshore bonds of principal amount of $170 million or around Rs 1,300 crore. The company has repaid this debt nearly a year ahead of scheduled maturity of these bonds in March 2023.

TOKYO: Japan’s Nikkei index eked out a gain in the morning session on Tuesday, buoyed by strong economic data from neighbour and key trade partner China. Markets swung between small gains and losses as investors weighed risks such as rapid spread of COVID-19 in China, the continuing conflict in Ukraine and a potentially aggressive monetary policy tightening by the US Federal Reserve later this week. The Nikkei share average added 0.31% to 25,385.11 as of the midday break, after starting the session down about 0.35% and then rising as much as 0.46%. The index always kept solidly above the psychological 25,000-mark. About three times as many shares rose as fell on the Nikkei. Every subsector advanced except energy, which was weighed down by a sharp retreat in crude oil prices. Consumer non-cyclicals fared best, followed by utilities and financials, which saw their profit outlooks improved by firmer long-term bond yields. The broader Topix rallied 0.88% to 1,828.26. Data on Tuesday showed strong gains in Chinese industrial production and retail sales for February, lifting the Nikkei towards the midday close.

Asian stocks and sovereign bonds remained under pressure Tuesday as Russia’s war in Ukraine and the risk of aggressive US monetary-policy tightening to quell inflation sapped sentiment. An Asia-Pacific equity index fell for a third session, hurt by a deepening rout in Chinese technology shares.

Credit Has Cracked, And Now The CLO Defaults Begin Last Friday we reported that credit is “cracking", quoting from the ominous words of BofA strategist Michael Hartnett who chose to describe the bond markets currently, and as we noted, "it is a very ugly picture indeed - for both price… and flows." Since then, credit has only gone from bad to worse, and amid Monday''s rout, junk bonds (HYG) finally took out the psychological level of 80, a level last hit during the depths of the covid crash (just before the Fed stepped in and started buying bonds). But while the collapse in junk is ominous, the first real casualties in credit took place in Europe, where we just observed the first CLO defaults this year, which as Bloomberg''s Tatiana Darie says, echoing out earlier observations, are "adding to signs of stress in junk-rated credit markets, which remain frozen, and could further spook investors already concerned about the worsening economic outlook." What happened? Three issuers across CLO portfolios were classified as defaulted in 2022 so far, according to Deutsche Bank.