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Ukraine bondholders face haircuts and extensions
Finance Minister Natalia Yaresko wants bondholders to provide $15.3 billion in debt relief over four years. This would be achieved by extending the debt's maturities, cutting the interest it pays, and writing down the principal in a "haircut".
JPMorgan calculates that a maturity extension and 60 percent reduction in interest payments would save $15 billion in the next four years. In that case, net present value - a measure of the worth of future bond interest payments in current terms - falls to under 30 cents in the dollar from around 40 now, they say, advising clients to stay underweight. Goldman Sachs estimates that to make its debts affordable, Kiev must impose a haircut of at least 70 percent on an NPV basis and cut principal by around 45 percent.
Ukraine bondholders face haircuts and extensions | Reuters
Finance Minister Natalia Yaresko wants bondholders to provide $15.3 billion in debt relief over four years. This would be achieved by extending the debt's maturities, cutting the interest it pays, and writing down the principal in a "haircut".
JPMorgan calculates that a maturity extension and 60 percent reduction in interest payments would save $15 billion in the next four years. In that case, net present value - a measure of the worth of future bond interest payments in current terms - falls to under 30 cents in the dollar from around 40 now, they say, advising clients to stay underweight. Goldman Sachs estimates that to make its debts affordable, Kiev must impose a haircut of at least 70 percent on an NPV basis and cut principal by around 45 percent.
Ukraine bondholders face haircuts and extensions | Reuters