The Bond Report
WATCH: Rating reviews have bond market on tenterhooks
22 November 2017 - 13:39
South African bonds were weaker on Tuesday as the market geared up for the Reserve Bank’s interest-rate decision on Thursday and ratings reviews from S&P Global Ratings and Moody’s Friday. If both agencies cut local currency ratings to junk, SA will be ejected from Citi’s World Government Bond Index. Meanwhile, US bond yields fell after the dollar made little headway against the euro on Tuesday. Malcolm Charles, fixed-income portfolio manager at Investec Asset Management, joined Business Day TV’s Alishia Seckam to discuss developments on the bond market. OR LISTEN TO THE AUDIO:
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