Are treasury debt instruments still attractive to foreign investors? Poland – a case study based on ATM and ATR indicators

Tomasz Uryszek; Agnieszka Kłysik-Uryszek

doi:10.18778/2082-4440.30.02

Authors

Tomasz Uryszek University of Łódź, Faculty of Economics and Sociology, Department of Banking
Agnieszka Kłysik-Uryszek University of Łódź, Faculty of Economics and Sociology, Department of International Trade

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18778/2082-4440.30.02

Keywords:

sovereign debt, foreign investors, Polish Treasury securities, public debt management

Abstract

The article’s primary goal is to investigate foreign investors’ activity on the Polish primary debt instruments market in light of the public debt management strategy. We wanted to check the scale of investors’ response to the authorities’ policy in the sovereign debt area. The article consists of five parts. We started with the introduction, followed by a literature review. We then described the research method and data, as well as the empirical discussion.We based our study mostly on the average time to maturity (ATM) and average time to refixing (ATR) indexes. The most important findings, concluding remarks, and policy implications are presented in the last part of the paper. The study’s general outcomes show that despite the deterioration of the State Treasury debt instruments’ overall characteristics targeted to foreign investors, Polish sovereign debt papers remained attractive to buy. It was mostly due to the still relatively low refinancing and interest rate risks for debt denominated in foreign currencies.

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