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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.

A default on Russia''s sovereign debt would add further pain to Russia''s economy and financial system, making i

Headlines via Reuters, comments from a US Treasury official: says Russian sovereign bond default would make it difficult for Russia to find future lenders, increasing Moscow''s borrowing costs and draining resourcessees limited direct exposure in the u.s. financial system to Russian soverei

Bond traders appear more sanguine than current reality justifies

As inflation continues to deliver a gut punch to potential growth in the U.S., global investment firm Goldman Sachs is forecasting a 35% chance that a recession could hit within the next year. Consume

China’s slowing growth momentum is taking the wind out the yuan’s rally and lifting sovereign bonds as traders ramp up bets for the central bank to loosen policy further.

Even in the best of times, the EPFO has shied away from asset diversification—such as investing in private equity or venture capital funds—and instead opted for bonds polished with equity

Even in the best of times, the EPFO has shied away from asset diversification—such as investing in private equity or venture capital funds—and instead opted for bonds polished with equity

“We are going to have steady rather than supernormal returns this year. Inflation is good for equities in terms of both EPS and bonds and will probably help equities deliver okay returns. In a world which has such high inflation, it is almost like saying the cost of not being in equities is more than the cost of being in equities because bonds are the frontline of fragility.”

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China Locks Down 17.5 Million In Shenzhen As Daily COVID Cases Soar To 2-Year High Everybody from automobile manufacturers to tablet-makers around the globe better watch out: supplies of vital microchips and other high-tech components are about to tighten once again now that China is locking down Shenzhen, known as the country''s Silicon Valley due to COVID, due to the rising COVID numbers that are once again forcing lockdowns across China. On Sunday, China placed the city''s 17.5MM residents on a lockdown that’s supposed to last until March 20, Bloomberg reports . It has become the latest threat to Chinese stock and bond markets, as cases 2x nationwide have been infected, up from nearly 3,400. So much for Beijing''s "COVID Zero" policy (which authorities were reportedly on the brink of abandoning), one of Beijing''s biggest policy favors in recent memory. The new wide-ranging lockdown in Shenzhen is an expansion of earlier restrictions placed on the city’s business district. Although cases are climbing throughout the country, the surge in infections is thought to be linked to the neighboring city of Hong Kong, where about 300K people are currently in isolation or under home quarantine, and where new infections are being recorded at a rate of roughly 10K per days.