S'pore corporate bond volume slips 7% in Q4 despite strong year

Singapore

SINGAPORE corporate debt issuance is ending a strong year with a touch of weakness in the last quarter.

Deal volumes typically ease up in the last three months of a year as the holidays put a damper on activity. Nevertheless, a year-on-year decline in the fourth quarter of 2014 suggests that the current slowdown is not purely seasonal.

Total bond issuance by Singapore- based companies slipped 7 per cent year-on-year to US$3…