Ralph Sinclair

2 weeks ago | globalcapital.com | Ralph Sinclair |Jon Hay |Sarah E. Ainsworth |Atanas Dinov

A blip in Bloomberg's terminal services this week delayed bookbuilding on a number of syndications and bond auctions. It passed with seemingly little harm done. But it did reveal how dependent bond issuance and fixed income has become on the company's platform. We asked what would be at stake if there was a longer outage and what can be done to prevent major disruption. Meanwhile, rising US Treasury yields mean SSA bonds are trading at ever smaller spreads over them.

3 weeks ago | globalcapital.com | Ralph Sinclair |Jon Hay |George Collard |Atanas Dinov

GlobalCapital was on the ground at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development's Annual Meetings in London this week. We reveal what was discussed and decided, from the bank's capital situation and US involvement, to its support for Ukraine and beyond. Meanwhile, Romania goes to the polls this weekend. Whoever wins the presidential election faces the challenge of bringing down a big deficit. As one of the emerging markets' biggest bond issuers, that may have repercussions for its credit.

4 weeks ago | globalcapital.com | Ralph Sinclair |Jon Hay |Frank Jackman |Mike Turner

We surveilled the SSA bond market this week and the development finance world to see what both made of US decisions about financial support for a number of international development funders. The result was relief but it was not unqualified, as we ponder what this may mean for US president Donald Trump's review into the country's involvement in international financial institutions. Meanwhile, banks are facing a stark choice about whether to raise covered bond funding or to do unsecured deals.

1 month ago | globalcapital.com | Ralph Sinclair

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1 month ago | globalcapital.com | Ralph Sinclair |Atanas Dinov |Jon Hay |Mike Turner

The wave of sustainability-linked bonds that were all the rage a few years ago are now reaching the point where their issuers' performance against their environmental KPIs is being judged. Two issuers this week have failed to meet their targets and will pay higher coupons as a result.