Case Study

Case Study 1: How can users assess an issuer’s ability to pay interest, and detect signs of delayed payments?

Steps 1

Steps 2

1. Go to Bonds → Corporate Bonds → Issuers.

2. Enter the code of the issuer you want to search.

3. Check the Credit Events column to see whether the issuer has previously violated obligations on principal or interest payments. Tip: If an issuer has recorded violations in the past, investors should study its debt-servicing capacity more carefully before future investment decisions.

4. Review the Expected Bond Repayment Cash Flow chart to assess upcoming repayment pressure. Tip: Switch to Quarterly or Yearly view to check whether the bonds you hold mature before or after the “maturity wall” (peak repayment pressure), which may signal higher risk.

Steps 3

The above steps serve as guidance only; investors should still conduct in-depth analysis before making their own assessment of an issuer’s debt-servicing capacity.