Insights & media

Selected themes, market views, and public-facing commentary.

This page is less about volume and more about signal: the themes, restructuring situations, country views, and media references that show how I think.

Asia macro

The themes that keep feeding into sovereign credit.

Market analysis

Iran conflict and the transmission channels into Asia

Thinking through the macro transmission mechanisms across developed Asia and the full spectrum of emerging Asia, from Strait of Hormuz vulnerabilities to energy import exposure and how portfolios should be positioned accordingly.

Market analysis

The macro impact of US tariff pressure on Asia

How trade pressure reshapes capital flows, supply chains, and cross-country positioning across Asian sovereign and quasi-sovereign credits.

Market analysis

Taiwan dollar strength and insurer flow dynamics

A sharper look at how currency moves and life insurer behavior feed into global bond demand and relative value opportunities.

Market analysis

China stimulus and the read-through for emerging Asia

Translating policy packages into market implications rather than headline optimism.

Country focus

Sri Lanka post-restructuring

From early warning to market benchmark analysis, Sri Lanka remains a core example of where deep country work can compound over time.

Sovereign workouts

Where restructuring mechanics become the story.

Africa sovereign credit

Senegal, WAEMU, and the sovereign read-through.

How fiscal slippage, regional funding conditions, and WAEMU institutional constraints shape credit risk beyond a single issuer.

Restructuring mechanics

Ethiopia, Zambia, and the politics of recovery value.

What these cases reveal about creditor coordination, comparability, and the role of state-contingent or value-recovery instruments.

Media mentions

Quoted in the outlets people already trust.

Selected public references that show the work reaching investors, journalists, and wider market conversations.

Bloomberg

Sri Lanka recovery values and bondholder expectations

Context on how restructuring dynamics translated into potential recovery outcomes for investors.

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Financial Times

Frontier market opportunities in difficult credit conditions

Quoted on why stressed sovereign stories can create opportunity for investors willing to understand the risk properly.

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The Wall Street Journal

Bankers, officials, and the Sri Lankan debt crisis

Perspective on the pressure points inside the government’s path toward a workable external solution.

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Asia Financial

Pakistan and the market implications of an IMF deal

Commentary on how policy credibility and IMF progress can shift investor sentiment quickly.

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