Amid volatility, local bond market enjoying Goldilocks year so far
Issuances for this quarter is likely to be tepid, amid US rate rise concerns
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THE local bond market has had a Goldilocks year so far, not great but not so bad. For the first nine months of 2015, new issues totalled S$17.7 billion, which is down 11.5 per cent from the S$20 billion raised during the same period last year.
But contrast this with equity fund raising of Singapore companies which brought in a paltry US$91.7 million for the nine months of this year.
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