Fortescue’s canny bond sales

25 February 2016

 

In one of the interesting contrasts of the week, Fortescue Metals reported only a small fall in its annual profit result a day after BHP reported its massive 54% decline in earnings. The iron ore price has been smoked in the past 12 months and Fortescue, with a mountain of debt, needed to be agile in managing its exposures. And agile it was as it reported an earnings decline of...

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