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China’s sovereign bonds have plunged from atop the global performance rankings to the bottom half in recent weeks, undermining their status as an alternative haven just as global markets have become roiled by the war in Ukraine.The return on yuan debt, excluding currency fluctuations, slipped to 29th among 46 sovereign markets tracked by Bloomberg since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The securities had topped the rankings in January when they…

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Hong Kong can offer a hub for offshore Chinese bonds, helping to establish a market place for transacting the debt issued by the nation’s corporate borrowers, the city’s former stock exchange chief said in his submission to China’s legislature.An over-the-counter (OTC) market can ensure the transparency and timeliness of disclosures by issuers, where the requirements of Hong Kong and mainland China regulators can be consolidated to bring order to the “pervasive” chaos of the current system,…

German stocks rose sharply on Tuesday and bonds dropped after reports that the European Union is considering joint bond sales to help counter the fallout from Russia''s invasion or Ukraine.

Japanese funds bought the largest amount of euro-denominated bonds in more than a year as yields soared amid low currency-hedging costs.

Outgoing head of OPEC Mohammad Barkindo met with U.S. shale producers Monday night in Houston and said both groups are aligned in how they see the challenges posed to the oil industry by underinvestment.

“Japan''s economy yet to recover fully from pandemic''s impact,” said Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Haruhiko Kuroda. BOJ Boss Kuroda also mentioned, per

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki shrugged off an idea of turning government bonds (JGBs) held by the central bank into perpetual bonds. Such an action would be tantamount to debt financing and it could trigger a spike in government bond yields, Suzuki told a parliament session. (Reporting by Leika Kihara and Tetsushi Kaj…

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March 08, 2022 8:44 AM NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG) - The odds of Russia making its foreign debt payments are diminishing as bond prices fall, recession in the nation looms and various payment restrictions pile up after the invasion of Ukraine, according to Morgan Stanley & Co.

While it is rare for sovereign debt to tumble to the single digits, Morgan Stanley said Russia’s bonds could get close

Vladimir Putin introduced new rules for foreign creditors that will set debt payments depending on whether or not investors are based in a country that’s sanctioned Russia, dividing bondholders into two distinct categories.

The idea that even a small increase in rates would force the government to borrow just to pay the interest on its bonds is a nice theory, but the numbers don’t add up.

Beijing aligned itself with Putin as Russia prepared to invade Ukraine. Now its efforts to edge away are constrained by leadership politics.