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Business 5 years ago

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Indonesia’s bond market remains attractive but risks loom

Lower benchmark rates globally, as well as fresh liquidity from international investors, and Bank Indonesia’s (BI) quantitative easing will continue to support the bond market, analysts say.

Business 5 years ago

Govt aims to raise Rp 2t in retail green sukuk to address climate change

The government plans to finance green projects, including renewables and waste management, by raising nearly US$137 million from the retail green sukuk it is issuing in November.

Business 5 years ago

Emerging sovereign dollar bonds enjoy fresh US election shine

Research from BofA showed emerging debt funds attracted US$1.6 billion in portfolio flows in the week to last Wednesday in a fourth week of inflows.

Business 5 years ago

Stocks swing higher, bonds rally as US vote goes to the wire

Some investors were now hedging against the risk of a contested election or at least a drawn-out process as mail-in ballots were counted.

Business 5 years ago

Foreign inflows into Asian bonds more than doubles in September

Asian local currency bonds received a combined total inflow of $1.26 billion last month, data from regional central banks and bond market associations in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, South Korea and India showed.

Business 5 years ago

Bareksa books record-high retail bonds sales amid pandemic

“This is a good opportunity to democratize and broaden our debt market so that the government may have a new source of funding from retail investors,” Bareksa's CEO says.

Business 5 years ago

Pandemic propels old-school bond traders towards an electronic future

Electronic trading - where transactions are carried out using software on online platforms, rather than via dealer-client “voice” trades - can carry major benefits for the $100 trillion-plus world of government and corporate debt.

Business 5 years ago

Govt mulls issuing diaspora bonds in November

The government has pushed back the date for issuing diaspora bonds from August to November as a result of the pandemic.

Business 5 years ago

Once taboo, investors begin to imagine negative US rates

Rate options, which gauge monetary policy expectations, on Monday implied a 23 percent probability that the key federal funds rate will go below zero by the end of December.