SG Bonds Weekly – Week 46 November 9, 2020 255

  • The Asia primary debt market sat on the sides with the US elections underway. For most parts of this week, only 2 Chinese issuers tapped the markets in Asia. The exception is Friday as 3 Chinese HY real estate developers announced new deals in the market this morning. 
  • New issue pipeline remains dry with 1 new mandate outstanding from the ones announced over the fortnight.

 

Outlook for the week

Key economic releases for the week

  • Mon, 9 Nov: SG: Foreign Reserves (5:00PM)
  • Tue, 10 Nov: CH: CPI YoY (9:30AM)
  • Wed, 11 Nov: FRASERS PROPERTY results – Bef Mkt
  • Thu, 12 Nov: SINGTEL results – Bef Mkt, US: CPI YoY (9:30PM)
  • Fri, 13 Nov: GOLDEN AGRI-RESOURCES update – Bef Mkt, US: PPI Final Demand MoM (9:30PM)

 

Last week summary

The Asia primary debt market sat on the sides with the US elections underway. For most

parts of this week, only 2 Chinese issuers tapped the markets in Asia. The exception is Friday as 3 Chinese HY real estate developers announced new deals in the market this morning. Jiayuan International is the most active of the 3 issuers who have announced new issues this morning, having already priced 5 deals so far this year.

  • Frasers Centrepoint Trust’s gross revenue was down 33.8 per cent to S$64.5 million for the period April 1 to Sept 30, from S$97.4 million in the year-ago period. This was mainly due to rental rebates provided to tenants amid the Covid-19 pandemic. These amounted to about S$27.4 million, FCT’s manager said on Tuesday.
  • CapitaLand saw “encouraging signs of recovery” in operating metrics for Q3, however expects financial performance for FY2020 to be materially adversely impacted, the group said on Tuesday evening.
  • StarHub Q3 2020 performance continued to see impact from the ongoing global restrictions on travel, particularly for our mobile business. Overall revenue fell by 14.5 per cent to S$489.7 million. Net profit came in lower by 23.3 per cent year on year to S$44.5 million for the three months to Sept 30.
  • New issue pipeline remains dry with 1 new mandate outstanding from the ones announced over the fortnight.

 

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