"Asia must find a solution to the debt market, " says Hong Kong Financial Secretary Donald Tsang Yam-kuen.
And this happened before the debt market crisis of confidence that began hammering Spanish economy again during 2Q12.
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Something has to give as the debt market tightens, Kravis added, and as the cost of capital goes up, multiples come down.
Of course, worries about these other parts of the debt market remain.
These ill omens arrived in July, before the latest stage of the debt market crisis that may well have impacted European consumers even more.
And Countrywide, the biggest mortgage company, warned that it faces unprecedented disruptions in the debt market and they could adversely affect its bottom line.
Most know no other business than speculating on the debt market.
The year is less than two months old, and yet three portfolio companies controlled by Blackstone Group have already tapped the debt market for refinancing.
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In any case, the debt market is unlikely to recover its poise in the immediate future, because few investors are in a position to buy corporate debt.
Apple announced it will seek to tap the debt market as part of its plan to shell out billions to shareholders in dividends and stock buybacks without paying taxes to bring home its massive overseas cash pile.
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Guy told me that the demand for high-yield debt is a function of the improving economy, declining returns for the debt market, and the fact that the weakest issuers were effectively shaken out by the last recession.
The obvious concern here is that Spanish consumers began to pull back sharply even before the real debt market drama hit the country in November.
The global debt fears have kept many out of the stock market since the May highs, and a failure to act on the debt ceiling could further depress the market.
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Supporting the government debt market, and creating a bubble in that market, only prolongs the incentive of politicians to turn to debt financing and continue the spending spree.
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Representatives from the Italian central bank and stock regulator Consob were set to hold discussions on "the sovereign debt market situation and implications for the banks and the economy".
The rupee debt market is ring-fenced from the outside world, which may have stopped sloppy habits immigrating.
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts , LittleJohn and HSBC (nyse: HBC - news - people ) are just three of the latest to jump into the market with new distressed-debt funds, lining up for what is expected to be a pickup in corporate bond defaults even as other veterans of the distressed-debt market complain about a lack of opportunities.
Additionally, since the 2002 default, Argentina has been effectively shut out of the international debt market and currently makes up a mere 1.15% of the J.
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The big story of the past six months isn't the debt itself but the market's disowning of European sovereign debt.
With the keen interest in the U.S. debt piling up and the congressional wrangling taking place on the U.S. national debt, the market place is extra sensitive to debt issues.
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Silver Lake Waterman will focus on the primary debt market, lending to well-established pre-IPO companies that want to raise additional capital without the dilution from additional equity rounds.
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The deal is certainly a sign of the most robust debt market since the 2008 financial crisis.
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If you want to dwell on one financial worry for 2007, the corporate-debt market is the place to start.
The value of Soviet debt on the secondary market is now about 30-50 to the dollar allowing for heavily discounted debt forgiveness for faltering CIS member states.
Spain returns to the bond debt market this Thursday, offering 15, 18, and 41-year paper.
Conceptually, Apple could swallow Microsoft with a little help from the corporate debt market.
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In recent months the rouble debt market has offered huge returns for huge risks, a game strictly for consenting adults.
Banks and hedge funds are increasing their expertise in the distressed-debt market, where the most pungent credits will eventually end up.
The report puts China at the forefront of the Asian debt market.
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