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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>After optimism swelled for weeks that 2023 would finally bring relief for the world\u2019s battered bond buyers, borrowers took advantage by issuing more than $150 billion (R2.56 trillion) of new debt in just four days.<\/p>\n

The sales spree spanned the globe, from Hong Kong raising $5.8 billion via its biggest-ever green bond, to units of Credit Suisse Group AG issuing a combined $4.3 billion in US dollars and sterling, and Mexico selling $4 billion of dollar bonds.<\/p>\n

It was a fresh beginning for a market that suffered a whopping 16.25% loss last year. And while investors are off to a quick start in making back some of that money, the pace of this week\u2019s bond rush shows that issuers are bracing for something that\u2019s still very 2022: volatile markets where the opportunity to borrow can slam shut faster than you can say consumer price index.<\/p>\n

Barclays Capital\u2019s investment-grade debt syndicate co-head, Meghan Graper, explained the situation last month at a Bloomberg Intelligence event in New York. With so much uncertainty around inflation and the direction of the economy, investor appetite can be easily ruined by any number of data points or policy discussions \u2014 CPI, consumer confidence, central bank meetings or speeches.<\/p>\n

The extra premium demanded on the days of such events tends to scare away borrowers, leaving them all trying to cram their offerings into days where the chance of a big surprise seems low, she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThree quarters of supply in any given month this year came in a matter of five business days,\u201d Graper said at the 15 December event. \u201cWe\u2019ve had a record setting zero-volume days in the primary market. And then everybody running through the same narrow window.\u201d<\/p>\n

The trend is likely to continue this year, she said. Which means companies that need to borrow will not only have to navigate higher interest rates but also the risks of getting the timing wrong. Even on those all-in days, bond buyers can test the market\u2019s limits. After a $53 billion, 48-hour sales binge in the US corporate bond market, investors started demanding larger concessions to buy the debt, Bloomberg\u2019s Brian Smith noted.<\/p>\n

China relief<\/b><\/p>\n

China\u2019s embattled property developers got more good news this week. Beijing is planning to relax the so-called three red lines restrictions it had placed on the sector, which exacerbated one of the biggest real estate meltdowns in history, Bloomberg News reported this week.<\/p>\n

The move could be the most significant of a string of measures that China has put in place to bolster the industry, which accounts for about a quarter of the nation\u2019s economy. The nation\u2019s developers defaulted on more than 140 bonds last year, missing payments on a combined $50 billion in domestic and international debt issues.<\/p>\n

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