Turkey Bulls Regroup Around Dollar-Debt as Default Risk Ebbs
Bloomberg
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(Bloomberg) --
By certain measures, Turkey looks a lot like Latin America’s worst serial defaulters. But some investors -- including Fidelity International Ltd. and Vanguard Asset Management Ltd. -- are finding plenty to like.
Since President Recep Tayyip Erdogan fired his market-friendly central bank governor last month, the cost of insuring Turkish sovereign debt has risen to the highest in emerging markets after Argentina. The lira nosedived and a gauge of one-year default probability jumped to a record on concern about central bank reserves, foreign borrowing needs, and a surge in coronavirus cases that imperils tourist revenue.