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Record global sales of junk bonds
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:43:18 GMT
Junk bond issuance totalled a record $19.6bn last week, including a sizeable chunk of debt that European companies sold in the US
European companies face uncertain future
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:30:36 GMT
Lenders appear to be becoming less amenable to extending company loans when they hit a sticky patch, which could see a surge in corporate failures
Kuwait edges towards bourse sell-off
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:56:27 GMT
Planned privatisation of the stock exchange has drawn criticism but proponents insist it is the best way of improving performance
Zero-based money risks trapping recovery
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:57:08 GMT
Bill Gross says that with a flat yield curve working as a disincentive for lenders low rate policy rations credit as fiercely as it does risk
New York Fed weighs fresh securities auction
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:10:16 GMT
Decision due in days on whether to sell bundled mortgage securities acquired during the AIG bail-out after successful Maiden Lane sale
ECB tonic buys time for eurozone
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:57:57 GMT
The ECB?s longer-term financing operations have bought time for the region, but investors and strategists remain well aware that the day of reckoning still looms
Institutions warm to leveraged and inverse funds
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:46:51 GMT
Interest among institutional investors is growing for leveraged and inverse ETFs
Risky debt use on repo market hits 2008 levels
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:28:23 GMT
The use of lower-rated debt in a key US funding market has returned to pre-crisis levels, fuelling fears that the so-called shadow banking system is becoming riskier
Caesars plans IPO to allow investors to sell
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:33:50 GMT
Casino operator makes fresh attempt to list publicly and aims to raise only $18m but move will allow unnamed co-investors the opportunity to exit their investment
Africa ? a resilient frontier amid euro turmoil
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:49:41 GMT
Debt issuance by African countries and companies outside the northern Arab states hit a record $12.4bn last year and demand is rising
Madrid?s borrowing costs fall sharply
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:02:26 GMT
Spain added to its recent string of strongly subscribed debt sales on Thursday as its borrowing costs continued to ease
Record-breaking start to 2012 for Asian bonds
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:28:44 GMT
Investment-grade Asian companies outside Japan issue $5.76bn of debt, by far the biggest total ever seen in January
Highly rated US industrial bonds set records
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:52:52 GMT
IBM and Procter & Gamble sold bonds at new lows for interest rates as investors accept low returns in exchange for safety
Petrobras sells $7bn of corporate bonds
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:05:58 GMT
The sale marks the biggest fixed income offering by a Brazilian corporate and underlines the strength of the country?s equity and debt markets
US Treasury urged to go below zero
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:26:58 GMT
Bond dealers and institutional investors say the Treasury should allow debt sales at negative rates of interest
Portugal borrowing costs fall after ECB action
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:05:13 GMT
Successful auction of ?1.5bn of shorter-term debt follows European Central Bank intervention in buying the country?s notes earlier this week
Gilts? bull run in question as QE3 beckons
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:57:14 GMT
Doubts are growing as to whether UK government bond yields can fall much lower even with another round of quantitative easing by the Bank of England
US commercial property faces debt test
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:39:16 GMT
The market for US commercial property loans faces a test this year as a wave of debt from the credit boom matures
NYSE board stands by Niederauer
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:57:01 GMT
Chairman says full board of directors is ?fully supportive? of chief executive despite the failure of attempted tie-up with Deutsche Börse
Longer-term forecasts are a step backwards
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:59:36 GMT
Charles Goodhart says central bankers need to refocus attention away from point forecasts and instead be flexible to respond as events unfold
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