The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka took advantage of strong credit market momentum to execute a $1.5 billion bond deal on Monday, which should help re-build foreign exchange reserves depleted by heavy debt re-payments.
Timing of the dual-tranche issue could hardly have been more fortuitous and emerging market investors piled in to an order book that closed at $5.5 billion mark, according to one banker.
“This is just one of those deals where the stars were all aligned,” one syndicate banker commented.
“On a global basis, emerging markets are rallying, with Friday’s US non-farm payroll number underpinning credit spreads, the banker...
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