DBS: More SGD bond defaults possible this year even without oil price weakness

Expect more defaults in Singapore’s market in 2017, especially among energy companies, says DBS’s Lim Say Boon, who adds that oil price turbulence is not likely to be a determining factor. “It’s possible to see more bond defaults among Singapore’s high yielders if there is renewed weakness in oil prices,” Lim says, in a live Facebook broadcast today. “But even…

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