Temasek May Sell More Bonds As It Eyes More Investments In Asia & Russia

Bloomberg.com, 14 May 2009, Netty Ismail
May 14 (Bloomberg) -- Temasek Holdings Pte, Singapore’s state-owned investment firm, may sell more bonds with different maturities as it seeks to increase its investments in Asia and other emerging markets, Chief Executive Officer Ho Ching said.
Temasek has yet to use the remaining portion of its $5 billion medium-term note program after raising $1.75 billion selling 10-year bonds in September 2005. The yield on the bonds is a “market signal, like a singing canary in a coal mine,” Ho said in a speech posted on Temasek’s Web site today.
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