EM STRATEGY Summary
Core Content
This document provides an analysis of Asset Swap (ASW) levels across various Emerging Market (EM) regions, including CEEMEA, ASIA, and LATAM, as of 2 April 2014. It discusses the recent trends in foreign portfolio flows, ASW tightening or steepening, and the relative performance of local and hard currency bonds. The data includes bond details and ASW levels, with a focus on the yield and the impact of FX swap rates and foreign exchange (FX) forward curves on the ASW dynamics.
Main Points
ASIA
- Foreign Portfolio Flows: Positive into South Korea and Thailand over the past month.
- Local Currency ASW: Tightened across the region from a month ago.
- Korea and Singapore: ASW tightened.
- Malaysia and Thailand: ASW curves steepened and spreads widened.
- Best $1 ASW: Malaysian and Korean bonds continue to offer the best $1 ASW in the very front end.
CEEMEA
- HGBs (Hungary Government Bonds): Richened slightly over the past couple of weeks as the HUF recovered in anticipation of the end of the easing cycle. This also pushed FX swap rates higher.
- TRY and TRY-USD xccy rates: Rally restored some value in TURKGBs from the perspective of international investors.
- CZGBs (Czech Republic Government Bonds): Remain the only CEEMEA market that offers higher return in the local currency bonds space compared to the hard currency bonds space.
LATAM
- COP assets: Richened since the announcement of the increase of Colombia's weight in GBI-EM global indices on 19 March.
- COLTES 24s yield: Dropped around 60bps to 6.50%.
- ASW and $ASW: Tightened, making the curve flatter compared to two weeks ago, though still slightly inverted.
- 3m FwdFx adjusted yield: Also tightened, but mainly driven by the bond yield move as FX forward curve reverted to its shape before the announcement.
- Brazil local curves: Tightened due to a "stable" outlook despite the surprise downgrade from S&P.
- NTNF 17s: Tightened the most along the curve in terms of $ASW.
- Front-end: Now provides most value in our opinion.
Key Information
ASW Trends
- Tightening: Observed in several markets, including Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, and Brazil.
- Flattening: Seen in some markets, such as CZGBs and COLTES.
- Inversion: Some curves are still slightly inverted, indicating a potential for yield curve flattening.
Bond Details and ASW Levels
Poland
| Bond Code |
Maturity |
Yield (%) |
ASW (bp) |
$ASW (bp) |
$ASW – 1M ago (bp) |
Yield vs 3M FX SWAP (%) |
Yield/MD |
| POLGB 5.75 25/04/14 0414 |
Apr-14 |
2.00 |
-74 |
-59 |
-23 |
-0.54 |
33.33 |
| POLGB 0 25/07/14 |
Jul-14 |
2.45 |
-26 |
-9 |
-17 |
-0.09 |
8.16 |
| POLGB 5.5 25/04/15 0415 |
Apr-15 |
2.72 |
-6 |
14 |
20 |
0.18 |
2.78 |
| POLGB 0 25/07/15 0715 |
Jul-15 |
2.77 |
-8 |
14 |
23 |
0.23 |
2.18 |
| POLGB 6.25 24/10/15 S1015 |
Oct-15 |
2.80 |
-10 |
15 |
31 |
0.26 |
1.92 |
| POLGB 0 25/01/16 0116 |
Jan-16 |
2.94 |
-3 |
22 |
34 |
0.40 |
1.67 |
| POLGB 5 25/04/16 0416 |
Apr-16 |
2.99 |
-3 |
26 |
41 |
0.45 |
1.60 |
| POLGB 4.75 25/10/16 1016 |
Oct-16 |
3.10 |
-4 |
28 |
40 |
0.56 |
1.31 |
| POLGB 4.75 25/04/17 0417 |
Apr-17 |
3.22 |
-2 |
32 |
47 |
0.68 |
1.19 |
| POLGB 5.25 25/10/17 S1017 |
Oct-17 |
3.32 |
-3 |
34 |
53 |
0.77 |
1.04 |
| POLGB 3.75 25/04/18 0418 |
Apr-18 |
3.46 |
0 |
37 |
54 |
0.92 |
0.96 |
| POLGB 2.5 25/07/18 |
Jul-18 |
3.52 |
1 |
37 |
55 |
0.98 |
0.90 |
| POLGB 5.5 25/10/19 1019 |
Oct-19 |
3.73 |
7 |
48 |
65 |
1.18 |
0.79 |
| POLGB 5.25 25/10/20 1020 |
Oct-20 |
3.90 |
14 |
55 |
68 |
1.36 |
0.72 |
| POLGB 5.75 25/10/21 1021 |
Oct-21 |
4.08 |
25 |
67 |
77 |
1.54 |
0.68 |
| POLGB 5.75 23/9/22 S0922 |
Sep-22 |
4.17 |
28 |
69 |
77 |
1.63 |
0.63 |
| POLGB 4 25/10/23 1023 |
Oct-23 |
4.24 |
22 |
60 |
67 |
1.69 |
0.55 |
| POLGB 2.75 25/04/28 0428 |
Apr-28 |
4.64 |
38 |
65 |
75 |
2.10 |
0.43 |
| POLGB 5.75 25/04/29 0429 |
Apr-29 |
4.63 |
52 |
86 |
100 |
2.09 |
0.47 |
| POLGB 5 25/4/37 0437 |
Apr-37 |
4.75 |
66 |
97 |
98 |
2.21 |
0.36 |
Hungary
| Bond Code |
Maturity |
Yield (%) |
ASW (bp) |
$ASW (bp) |
$ASW – 1M ago (bp) |
Yield vs 3M FX SWAP (%) |
Yield/MD |
| HGB 6.75 22/08/14 14/D |
Aug-14 |
2.69 |
0 |
39 |
59 |
0.42 |
7.27 |
| HGB 8 12/2/15 15/A |
Feb-15 |
2.85 |
-1 |
59 |
85 |
0.58 |
3.39 |
| HGB 7.75 24/08/15 15/C |
Aug-15 |
3.13 |
9 |
85 |
100 |
0.86 |
2.45 |
| HGB 5.5 12/2/16 16/C |
Feb-16 |
3.47 |
24 |
108 |
116 |
1.20 |
1.98 |
| HGB 5.5 22/12/16 16/D |
Dec-16 |
3.96 |
48 |
142 |
163 |
1.69 |
1.60 |
| HGB 6.75 24/2/17 17/B |
Feb-17 |
4.02 |
52 |
149 |
178 |
1.75 |
1.54 |
| HGB 6.75 24/11/17 17/A |
Nov-17 |
4.33 |
64 |
163 |
188 |
2.06 |
1.37 |
| HGB 4 25/04/18 18/B |
Apr-18 |
4.54 |
63 |
159 |
181 |
2.27 |
1.25 |
| HGB 5.5 20/12/18 18/A |
Dec-18 |
4.60 |
58 |
156 |
183 |
2.33 |
1.14 |
| HGB 6.5 24/6/19 119/A |
Jun-19 |
4.81 |
71 |
169 |
182 |
2.54 |
1.14 |
| HGB 7.5 12/11/20 20/A |
Nov-20 |
5.05 |
73 |
171 |
188 |
2.78 |
0.98 |
| HGB 7 24/06/22 22/A |
Jun-22 |
5.35 |
72 |
163 |
187 |
3.08 |
0.89 |
| HGB 6 24/11/23 23/A |
Nov-23 |
5.42 |
53 |
135 |
152 |
3.15 |
0.76 |
| HGB 5.5 24/06/25 25/B |
Jun-25 |
5.60 |
53 |
126 |
134 |
3.33 |
0.69 |
| HGB 6.75 22/10/28 28/A |
Oct-28 |
6.06 |
101 |
156 |
165 |
3.79 |
0.67 |
South Africa
| Bond Code |
Maturity |
Yield (%) |
ASW (bp) |
$ASW (bp) |
$ASW – 1M ago (bp) |
Yield vs 3M FX SWAP (%) |
Yield/MD |
| SAGB 8.75 21/12/14 R201 |
Dec-14 |
6.31 |
10 |
-26 |
-27 |
0.27 |
9.55 |
| SAGB 13.5 15/09/15 R157 |
Sep-15 |
6.79 |
14 |
-23 |
-21 |
0.75 |
5.22 |
| SAGB 8.25 15/09/17 R203 |
Sep-17 |
7.61 |
5 |
-25 |
-22 |
1.57 |
2.59 |
| SAGB 8 21/12/18 R204 |
Dec-18 |
7.86 |
-2 |
-27 |
-21 |
1.82 |
2.08 |
| SAGB 7.25 15/01/20 R207 |
Jan-20 |
8.12 |
1 |
-22 |
-16 |
2.08 |
1.79 |
| SAGB 6.75 31/03/21 R208 |
Mar-21 |
8.25 |
-7 |
-25 |
-20 |
2.21 |
1.53 |
| SAGB 7.75 28/02/23 2023 |
Feb-23 |
8.38 |
-14 |
-29 |
-24 |
2.34 |
1.35 |
| SAGB 10.5 21/12/26 R186 |
Dec-26 |
8.49 |
-24 |
-35 |
-33 |
2.45 |
1.18 |
| SAGB 7 28/02/31 R213 |
Feb-31 |
8.84 |
-4 |
-22 |
-21 |
2.81 |
0.98 |
| SAGB 6.25 31/03/36 R209 |
Mar-36 |
9.00 |
7 |
-15 |
-17 |
2.96 |
0.88 |
| SAGB 8.5 31/01/37 2037 |
Jan-37 |
9.07 |
19 |
-7 |
-9 |
3.03 |
0.95 |
| SAGB 6.5 28/02/41 R214 |
Feb-41 |
9.06 |
17 |
-9 |
-10 |
3.03 |
0.86 |
Czech Republic
| Bond Code |
Maturity |
Yield (%) |
ASW (bp) |
$ASW (bp) |
$ASW – 1M ago (bp) |
Yield vs 3M FX SWAP (%) |
Yield/MD |
| CZGB 3.8 04/15 |
Apr-15 |
0.05 |
-24 |
1 |
-2 |
0.04 |
0.05 |
| CZGB 3.4 01/09/15 60 |
Sep-15 |
0.08 |
-32 |
12 |
17 |
0.07 |
0.06 |
| CZGB 6.95 26/1/2016 S34 |
Jan-16 |
0.18 |
-26 |
25 |
23 |
0.17 |
0.10 |
| CZGB 0.5 28/07/16 3Y |
Jul-16 |
0.36 |
-15 |
28 |
12 |
0.35 |
0.16 |
| CZGB 4 11/4/17 51 |
Apr-17 |
0.55 |
-6 |
40 |
27 |
0.54 |
0.19 |
| CZGB 4.6 18/8/18 |
Aug-18 |
0.86 |
-1 |
45 |
49 |
0.85 |
0.22 |
| CZGB 5 11/04/19 56 |
Apr-19 |
1.06 |
-11 |
55 |
55 |
1.05 |
0.23 |
| CZGB 1.5 29/10/19 6Y |
Oct-19 |
1.32 |
21 |
61 |
63 |
1.31 |
0.25 |
| CZGB 3.75 12/9/20 46 |
Sep-20 |
1.52 |
34 |
76 |
76 |
1.51 |
0.27 |
| CZGB 3.85 29/09/21 61 |
Sep-21 |
1.77 |
45 |
86 |
89 |
1.76 |
0.27 |
| CZGB 4.7 12/9/22 52 |
Sep-22 |
1.91 |
50 |
91 |
92 |
1.90 |
0.27 |
| CZGB 5.7 25/05/24 58 |
May-24 |
2.12 |
56 |
96 |
92 |
2.11 |
0.27 |
| CZGB 2.5 25/08/28 15Y |
Aug-28 |
2.80 |
63 |
91 |
91 |
2.79 |
0.24 |
| CZGB 4.2 4/12/36 49 |
Dec-36 |
3.27 |
96 |
132 |
121 |
3.26 |
0.22 |
| CZGB 4.85 26/11/57 |
Nov-57 |
4.04 |
167 |
242 |
225 |
4.03 |
0.21 |
Israel
| Bond Code |
Maturity |
Yield (%) |
ASW (bp) |
$ASW (bp) |
$ASW – 1M ago (bp) |
Yield vs 3M FX SWAP (%) |
Yield/MD |
| ILGOV 4.5 30/01/15 |
Jan-15 |
0.70 |
2 |
25 |
31 |
0.17 |
0.85 |
| SHAHAR 6.5 31/1/16 2683 |
Jan-16 |
0.85 |
-3 |
20 |
-3 |
0.32 |
0.48 |
| ILGOV 2.5 31/05/16 0516 |
May-16 |
0.99 |
-3 |
20 |
18 |
0.46 |
0.48 |
| ILGOV 4.25 31/08/16 0816 |
Aug-16 |
1.10 |
0 |
23 |
21 |
0.57 |
0.49 |
| ILGOV 5.5 28/2/17 |
Feb-17 |
1.35 |
6 |
29 |
22 |
0.82 |
0.51 |
| ILGOV 4 31/01/18 0118 |
Jan-18 |
1.77 |
9 |
31 |
23 |
1.24 |
0.52 |
| ILGOV 6 28/02/19 |
Feb-19 |
2.18 |
13 |
33 |
24 |
1.65 |
0.54 |
| ILGOV 5 31/01/20 |
Jan-20 |
2.56 |
16 |
35 |
28 |
2.03 |
0.56 |
| ILGOV 5.5 31/01/22 0122 |
Jan-22 |
3.01 |
28 |
47 |
37 |
2.48 |
0.47 |
| ILGOV 4.25 31/03/23 0323 |
Mar-23 |
3.73 |
25 |
44 |
34 |
3.20 |
0.63 |
| ILGOV 6.25 30/10/26 |
Oct-26 |
4.52 |
33 |
52 |
44 |
3.99 |
0.72 |
| ILGOV 5.5 31/01/42 0142 |
Jan-42 |
7.62 |
73 |
90 |
91 |
7.09 |
1.18 |
Turkey
| Bond Code |
Maturity |
Yield (%) |
ASW (bp) |
$ASW (bp) |
$ASW – 1M ago (bp) |
Yield vs 3M FX SWAP (%) |
Yield/MD |
| TURKGB 0 06/11/14 |
Jun-14 |
11.25 |
- |
37 |
-47 |
0.25 |
58.27 |
| TURKGB 11 06/08/14 |
Aug-14 |
10.55 |
- |
-17 |
-48 |
-0.45 |
31.42 |
| TURKGB 0 06/08/14 |
Aug-14 |
11.05 |
- |
27 |
15 |
0.05 |
32.94 |
| TURKGB 7.5 24/09/14 |
Sep-14 |
11.02 |
- |
30 |
-39 |
0.02 |
24.08 |
| TURKGB 0 11/19/14 |
Nov-14 |
11.23 |
- |
43 |
-38 |
0.23 |
18.72 |
| TURKGB 6.5 07/01/15 |
Jan-15 |
10.97 |
- |
36 |
-37 |
-0.03 |
15.20 |
| TURKGB 0 25/03/15 |
Mar-15 |
11.51 |
- |
59 |
-20 |
0.51 |
12.87 |
| TURKGB 5 13/05/15 2Y |
May-15 |
10.94 |
- |
41 |
-15 |
-0.06 |
10.55 |
| TURKGB 8.3 07/10/15 |
Oct-15 |
10.48 |
- |
6 |
-12 |
-0.52 |
7.75 |
| TURKGB 9 27/01/16 |
Jan-16 |
10.46 |
- |
6 |
-6 |
-0.54 |
6.38 |
| TURKGB 10.7 02/24/16 |
Feb-16 |
10.45 |
- |
8 |
-5 |
-0.55 |
6.15 |
| TURKGB 9 08/03/17 5YR |
Mar-17 |
10.14 |
- |
-12 |
2 |
-0.88 |
3.96 |
| TURKGB 6.3 14/02/18 |
Feb-18 |
10.05 |
- |
-12 |
4 |
-0.97 |
2.99 |
| TURKGB 8.3 20/06/18 |
Jun-18 |
10.03 |
- |
-13 |
4 |
-1.00 |
2.90 |
| TURKGB 8.8 11/14/18 |
Nov-18 |
10.09 |
- |
-7 |
9 |
-0.93 |
2.76 |
| TURKGB 10.5 15/01/20 |
Jan-20 |
10.09 |
- |
-2 |
12 |
-0.93 |
2.34 |
| TURKGB 9.5 12/01/22 |
Jan-22 |
10.13 |
- |
41 |
48 |
-0.89 |
1.81 |
| TURKGB 8.5 14/09/22 |
Sep-22 |
10.08 |
- |
7 |
18 |
-0.94 |
1.70 |
| TURKGB 7.1 08/03/23 |
Mar-23 |
10.02 |
- |
29 |
35 |
-1.00 |
1.53 |
| TURKGB 8.8 27/09/23 |
Sep-23 |
10.22 |
- |
20 |
26 |
-0.80 |
1.69 |
Mexico
| Bond Code |
Maturity |
Yield (%) |
ASW (bp) |
$ASW (bp) |
$ASW – 1M ago (bp) |
Yield vs 3M FX SWAP (%) |
Yield/MD |
| MBONO 7 19/06/14 M |
Jun-14 |
3.44 |
-36 |
43 |
42 |
0.65 |
15.82 |
| MBONO 9.50 18/12/14 MI10 |
Dec-14 |
3.56 |
-29 |
56 |
60 |
0.77 |
5.16 |
| MBONO 6 18/06/15 M |
Jun-15 |
3.76 |
-23 |
62 |
67 |
0.97 |
3.23 |
| MBONO 8 17/12/15 M10 |
Dec-15 |
3.91 |
-27 |
61 |
68 |
1.12 |
2.45 |
| MBONO 6.25 16/06/16 M |
Jun-16 |
4.03 |
-37 |
53 |
59 |
1.24 |
1.96 |
| MBONO 7.25 15/12/16 M10 |
Dec-16 |
4.25 |
-34 |
58 |
63 |
1.46 |
1.73 |
| MBONO 5 15/06/17 M |
Jun-17 |
4.37 |
-44 |
49 |
57 |
1.58 |
1.49 |
| MBONO 7.75 14/12/17 M10 |
Dec-17 |
4.73 |
-22 |
71 |
75 |
1.94 |
1.47 |
| MBONO 4.75 14/06/18 M |
Jun-18 |
4.99 |
-23 |
69 |
76 |
2.20 |
1.33 |
| MBONO 8.5 13/12/18 M 10 |
Dec-18 |
5.08 |
-25 |
71 |
83 |
2.32 |
1.31 |
| MBONO 8 11/06/20 M |
Jun-20 |
5.53 |
-34 |
64 |
78 |
2.74 |
1.13 |
| MBONO 6.5 10/06/21 M |
Jun-21 |
5.75 |
-44 |
57 |
71 |
2.96 |
1.01 |
| MBONO 6.5 09/06/22 M |
Jun-22 |
6.01 |
-37 |
65 |
72 |
3.22 |
0.96 |
| MBONO 8.0 07/12/23 M20 |
Dec-23 |
6.15 |
-38 |
66 |
73 |
3.36 |
0.90 |
| MBONO 10 05/12/24 M20 |
Dec-24 |
6.17 |
-41 |
65 |
76 |
3.38 |
0.88 |
| MBONO 7.5 03/06/27 M20 |
Jun-27 |
6.47 |
-62 |
51 |
59 |
3.68 |
0.77 |
| MBONO 8.5 31/05/29 M 20 |
May-29 |
6.69 |
-55 |
58 |
65 |
3.90 |
0.75 |
| MBONO 7.75 29/05/31 M20 |
May-31 |
6.83 |
-62 |
55 |
65 |
4.04 |
0.71 |
| MBONO 10 20/11/36 M30 |
Nov-36 |
7.09 |
-39 |
76 |
83 |
4.30 |
0.68 |
Colombia
| Bond Code |
Maturity |
Yield (%) |
ASW (bp) |
$ASW (bp) |
$ASW – 1M ago (bp) |
Yield vs 3M FX SWAP (%) |
Yield/MD |
| COLTES 9.25 14/05/14 B |
May-14 |
3.46 |
27 |
24 |
149 |
0.82 |
27.77 |
| COLTES 13.5 12/09/14 B |
Sep-14 |
3.55 |
17 |
6 |
103 |
0.91 |
7.98 |
| COLTES 8 28/10/15 SERIES B |
Oct-15 |
4.57 |
36 |
51 |
126 |
1.93 |
3.15 |
| COLTES 7.25 15/06/16 B |
Jun-16 |
4.97 |
43 |
64 |
146 |
2.33 |
2.57 |
| COLTES 11.25 24/10/18 B |
Oct-18 |
5.78 |
85 |
108 |
178 |
3.14 |
1.63 |
| COLTES 5 21/11/18 B |
Nov-18 |
5.62 |
39 |
66 |
155 |
2.98 |
1.41 |
| COLTES 7 09/11/19 |
Sep-19 |
5.92 |
66 |
96 |
170 |
3.28 |
1.37 |
| COLTES 11 24/07/20 B |
Jul-20 |
6.12 |
91 |
118 |
188 |
3.48 |
1.36 |
| COLTES 7 04/05/22 |
May-22 |
6.28 |
55 |
88 |
150 |
3.64 |
1.09 |
| COLTES 10 24/07/24 B |
Jul-24 |
6.42 |
47 |
83 |
141 |
3.78 |
0.99 |
| COLTES 7.5 26/08/26 |
Aug-26 |
7.13 |
15 |
55 |
59 |
4.76 |
0.93 |
| COLTES 6 28/04/28 B |
Apr-28 |
6.98 |
-22 |
24 |
31 |
- |
0.82 |
Brazil
| Bond Code |
Maturity |
Yield (%) |
ASW (bp) |
$ASW (bp) |
$ASW – 1M ago (bp) |
Yield vs 3M FX SWAP (%) |
Yield/MD |
| BNTNF 10 01/01/15 NTNF |
Jan-15 |
11.21 |
-21 |
69 |
102 |
1.57 |
16.80 |
| BNTNF 10 01/01/17 |
Jan-17 |
12.48 |
-37 |
99 |
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