Wednesday 30 July 2008

Temasek has learnt its lesson well

Diving into the details of the latest Merrill Lynch cash call, it is definitely a 'sweet' deal for Temasek. Temasek has learnt its lesson well since their Barclays intervention.
However, couple of things to note:
a. The 'reset' clause will no longer allow going forward; ie if there are further cash calls, Temasek will no longer be able to exercise the right to purchase more stocks at the new issued price
b. There may be more cash calls for ML going forward, looking at their current risky debt holdings

Hopefully, this will buy more time for ML to unload their risky debt at a better price.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

I'm not too sure about that. I heard that GIC bought a Mexican (oh yes!) shopping complex with an undisclosed sum. Hmm, have to go find that link..