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March 2009

Online extra: Loans market under stress

As in the bond market, emerging markets corporates will come under stress in the loans market. Refinancing needs are estimated to be $156 billion, with the biggest redemptions due in Russia, UAE, Mexico, Turkey and Korea, according to JPMorgan. And it is not just weaker credits that will be under pressure.




Corporates fight off default mode

Even supposed blue-chip companies, such as Mexico’s Cemex, India’s Tata Steel and Russia’s Rusal, face big refinancing risks this year. All three have been caught out by the credit crunch and are under pressure to finance expensive acquisitions.

Cemex, for example, is struggling to keep its debt burden under control following its $14 billion acquisition of Australian firm Rinker in 2007....


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