Templeton Sees Lebanon on Road to Debt Default as Crisis Rages
- The nation’s CDS has risen the most in the world this quarter
- Markets are accurately reflecting default risks, says Kronfol
An anti-government protester flashes the V-sign for victory in front of burning tyres in Tripoli on Nov. 13.
Photographer: Ibrahim Chalhoub/AFP via Getty Images
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Lebanon just got one of its starkest warnings yet that it will need to restructure its $30 billion of Eurobonds.
Franklin Templeton, which oversees more than $690 billion of assets worldwide, said the government will have to renegotiate the debt load to stave off an economic collapse.