(Adds details from JP Morgan's note, context)
SINGAPORE, Feb 7 (Reuters) - India's Adani group of
companies, which in recent weeks has seen a brutal selloff in
its bonds and shares after being targetted by a U.S.
short-seller, is still eligible for inclusion in JPMorgan's
influential bond indexes, the bank said in a note.
Adani, whose business interest includes ports, power
generation and transmission, and renewable energy, has a total
notional value of $7.7 billion in the JPMorgan's CEMBI and JACI
indexes, the bank said on Monday.
JPMorgan Corporate Emerging Market Bond Index series (CEMBI)
tracks dollar debt issued by emerging market corporations, while
its Asia Credit Index (JACI) tracks the total return performance
of the Asia fixed-rate dollar bond market.
Besides CEMBI and JACI, Adani's dollar bonds remain eligible
to be part of JPMorgan's ESG Global Corporate Index (JESG), an
integrated environmental, social, and governance corporate
benchmark covering investment grade and high-yield markets.
"We continue to monitor publicly available information and
liquidity of the securities, and in case of market disruption or
confirmed default event," the U.S. bank said in its note.
JP Morgan did not immediately respond to a request for
comment.
Shares and dollar bonds of the Adani group of companies have
been under pressure since a Jan. 24 critical report by
short-seller Hindenburg Research, with the group's cumulative
stock market value losses topping $110 billion.
Adani has rejected in detailed rebuttals Hindenburg's
allegations of stock manipulation and use of tax havens, and
criticism that it had unsustainable debt.
The group's flagship company, Adani Enterprises ,
was forced to abandon a $2.5 billion share sale last week. Group
Chairman Gautam Adani also lost his title as Asia's richest
person.
After the release of Hindenburg's report, Adani's weight has
decreased by 10 basis points to 36 basis points in the CEMBI
Broad Div index and by 15 basis points to 48 basis points in the
CEMBI Broad Div IG index, the JPMorgan note said.
The Indian conglomerate's weight decreased by 16 basis
points to 52 basis points in the JACI index, it added.
(Reporting by Rae Wee in Singapore and Marc Jones in London;
Editing by Kim Coghill and Muralikumar Anantharaman)
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